摘要
The international conference "The Future Development of Shanghai Cooperation Organization: Opportunities and Challenges" was held by CIIS in Beijing on April 18. CIIS Vice President Xu Jian presided over the meeting, which was attended by nearly 70 experts from domestic research institutes, the SCO Secretariat, and Russian and Kazakhstan embassies in Beijing. Topics discussed include the enlargement of SCO, the Belt and Road Initiative, and pragmatic cooperation under the SCO framework.