Asia Pacific News Agency (Beijing News) On September 5, 2021, the "SCO 20th Anniversary Cultural Education and Industry Exhibition", organized by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Secretariat and the embassies of SCO countries in China, hosted by the Beijing Social Development and Environmental Health Research Association, and co-organized by GLOBAL COUNCIL OF B&R (GCBNR) and Beijing Traditional Culture Protection and Development Foundation together with many others was successfully concluded in Beijing National Culture Palace. 
SCO's 20th Anniversary Cultural Education and Industry Exhibition at the Palace of National Culture in Beijing
This year's event involved a large number of guests, the SCO region and the League of Arab States, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and other countries along the Belt and Road. Nearly 40 ambassadors in China to participate in the meeting, 18 countries in the opening ceremony of the main venue whom arranged the cultural, economic, trade and tourism image booth, triggering a strong interest of guests from all walks of life, comes forth to visit and exchange.
The exhibition was attended by more than 20 enterprises, including Tibet Pharmaceutical, who were full of expectation and confidence in opening up cooperation with SCO and markets along the Belt and Road. Over the past 20 years, the total value of China's imports and exports to other SCO member countries has grown from the initial US$17.14 billion to US$244.85 billion, with an average annual growth rate of 15%. In the first quarter of this year, China's import and export to other SCO member countries amounted to 457.24 billion RMB, up 19.2% year-on-year, with great potential for economic and trade cooperation.
On behalf of the organizers, SCO Secretary General Norov at the opening ceremony expressed warm congratulations on the 20th anniversary of SCO Cultural and Industry Exhibition. He voiced gratitude to the organizers, co-organizers and supporters, and extended a warm welcome to the ambassadors from SCO, ASEAN and LAS regional countries in China and guests from all walks of life. SCO Secretary General Norov said that as it enters its third decade, SCO will continue to serve as the best platform for successful alignment of national and regional interests and multi-level cooperation to promote common prosperity.
SCO Secretary General Norov delivered a speech at the opening ceremony
Egyptian Ambassador to China Mohamed Elbadri delivered a speech at the opening ceremony
With 8 member states, 4 observer states and 6 dialogue partner states, the SCO has become the most extensive and populous multilateral comprehensive and permanent international organization and an important constructive force in the Eurasian region and international affairs. SCO has gone through an extraordinary history of development and made an important contribution to building a community of shared human destiny. Under the framework of the Belt and Road, the SCO has done a lot of fruitful work in the areas of coordination against epidemics, cultural exchanges, economic and trade cooperation, etc. As President Xi Jinping pointed out, the SCO is "a major innovation in the theory and practice of international relations, creating a new model of regional cooperation and making new contributions to regional peace and development."
Mr. Boris Tadić, former President of Serbia and Chairman of GCBNR, sent a video message congratulating the 20th anniversary of SCO Cultural, Education and Industry Exhibition and looking forward to more extensive cooperation with SCO. Based on the advantages of global geopolitical relations and policy interpretation, information analysis and resource integration of the think tank members, the GCBNR will establish extensive contacts with SCO countries and countries along the "Belt and Road" and establish a basis for mutual trust and benefit, on which it will carry out in-depth cooperation in such fields as bulk trade, resource exchange, international city-to-city exchanges and humanistic public welfare activities. In order to build a community of shared human destiny, we will gather the strength of all parties and add bricks to it.
Mr. Boris Tadić, Chairman of GCBNR and former President of Serbia, delivered a video message
The "SCO Public Welfare Miles" organized by Beijing Traditional Culture Protection and Development Foundation was the highlight of the event, with Tibet Pharmaceutical, Changshan Pharmaceutical and Yiling Pharmaceutical participating in the "SCO Public Welfare Miles" donation ceremony and donating more than 30 million RMB
Chen Dabin, chairman of Tibet Pharmaceutical, and other representatives of donating enterprises said in the meeting that they were proud to participate in medical donation and public welfare activities under the framework of SCO as pharmaceutical enterprises. They are confident in supporting and participating in the anti-epidemic actions of SCO countries, and full of expectation for future medical cooperation and economic and trade investment under the framework of SCO and Belt and Road.
Chen Dabin, Chairman of Tibetan Pharmaceuticals, delivered a speech at the donation ceremony of SCO Charity Walk
Against the backdrop of the continued ravages of the new epidemic, the global economy is facing difficulties, and promoting the building of a community of shared human destiny on the basis of "One Belt, One Road" is an urgent practical need and implies the long-term welfare of mankind. The success of this event and the addition of GCBNR (Global Belt and Road Council) will open a new chapter of promoting Belt and Road cooperation under the SCO mechanism.