SCO Summit 2025

September 1, 2025 6:10 PM

China pledges $2 billion grant, expanded scholarships and AI cooperation at SCO Summit

Chinese Ambassador to India Xu Feihong on Monday announced a series of initiatives that China will roll out for the benefit of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states. “Going forward, China plans to implement 100 ‘small and beautiful’ livelihood projects in member states that require them. It will provide RMB 2 billion yuan in grants to SCO member states within this year, and will issue an additional RMB 10 billion yuan in loans to the member banks of the SCO Interbank Conso...

September 1, 2025 1:54 PM

At Tianjin Summit, India, other SCO member countries commit to collaborating on AI

India on Monday joined other member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to deepen cooperation in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI), highlighting the strategic importance of the emerging technology in transforming societies and economies. The Tianjin Declaration of the SCO Council of Heads of States, which was signed and adopted at the 2025 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit today, outlines commitments among member states on Artificial Intelligence, among other ar...

August 21, 2025 10:45 PM

PM Modi’s Tianjin visit ‘very important’ for SCO, India-China ties: Xu Feihong

China’s Ambassador to India, Xu Feihong, on Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming visit to Tianjin for the SCO Summit will give a fresh impetus to bilateral ties and will be an important event for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. Speaking on the sidelines of an event organised by the Chintan Research Foundation in New Delhi, Xu said a joint working group from China and India is working hard to make the visit successful. “From our side, we attach great importance to t...