Chinese President Xi Jinping addressed the 20th meeting of the Council of Heads of Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Beijing via video link on November 10. Xi said China cannot develop without the rest of the world, nor can the world as a whole prosper without China. Edited excerpts of Xi's speeches on strengthening the SCO cooperation follow:  

Development is meaningful only when it is inclusive and sustainable.  

Excerpts from Xi's speech at the 20th meeting of the Council of Heads of Member States of the SCO on November 10, 2020  

We should oppose interference by external forces in the domestic affairs of SCO members under whatever pretexts.  

Good-neighborliness will prevail over a beggar-thy-neighbor approach, mutually beneficial cooperation will replace zero-sum game, and multilateralism will win over unilateralism.  

Excerpts from Xi's speech at the 20th meeting of the Council of Heads of Member States of the SCO on November 10, 2020 

Cooperation within the SCO enjoys strong vitality and momentum. In the final analysis, this can be attributed to the Shanghai Spirit.  

Excerpts from Xi's speech at the 18th meeting of the Council of Heads of Member States of the SCO on June 10, 2018  

We must aim high and look far, and keep pace with the underlying trends of both the world and our times.  

Excerpts from Xi's speech at the 18th meeting of the Council of Heads of Member States of the SCO on June 10, 2018 

VOICE 

Wang Cong  

The SCO is the world's largest new-type regional cooperation organization, working to promote multilateralism and global justice. In this new era, the SCO will continue to be guided by the Shanghai Spirit and foster mutually beneficial cooperation between its member states. It will do this on the basis of consultation on an equal footing as well as mutual understanding and accommodation, as part of its contribution to regional stability and global governance.  

Sources: Xi Jinping: The Governance of China (III), Xinhua News Agency, and Beijing Review