Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday sent a congratulatory letter to the 2025 SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization) Forum on Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Development, held in Xian, northwest Chinas Shaanxi Province.Xi mentioned that poverty obliteration is a typical goal of all countries in the world.Through strenuous efforts, China has actually won the battle against hardship, accomplished the hardship reduction target of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 10 years ahead of schedule, blazed a hardship reduction course with Chinese qualities, and written a new chapter in the history of mankinds battle versus hardship, Xi said.Stressing that the origin of poverty is insufficient development, Xi stated the SCO has actually actively carried out cooperation on hardship decrease and sustainable development recently, accomplishing remarkable results.As the turning chair of the SCO, China wants to continually enhance policy interaction with all celebrations, share poverty decrease experience, deepen practical cooperation, help more countries check out hardship reduction and sustainable advancement paths that fit their national conditions, and join hands to develop a stunning world devoid of poverty and with common prosperity, Xi noted.The forum opened in Xian on Tuesday under the style of Sustained Poverty Reduction and Cooperative Development: Advancing Poverty Alleviation and Sustainable Development amongst SCO Countries.
The online forum was co-hosted by the SCO Committee on Good-Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation and the Peoples Government of Shaanxi Province.