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LIANYUNGANG, China, June 18, 2021 /Xinhua=KYODO JBN/--

On the afternoon of June 18, the 2021 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)

International Round Table was successfully held in Lianyungang city, Jiangsu

province. The conference was co-hosted by the Secretariat of the SCO and

Lianyungang Municipal People's Government, with the theme of "enhancing

international cooperation in economy and trade, and promoting facilitation in

merchandise exports and imports among SCO member states".

The SCO Secretariat and relevant officials from SCO member states, observer

countries, and dialogue partner countries participated in the meeting in the

form of "online + offline". The meeting was chaired by Fang Wei, the Mayor of

Lianyungang city. Vladimir Norov, Secretary-General of the SCO Secretariat, Hui

Jianlin, Deputy Governor of Jiangsu Province, and Xiang Xuelong, Secretary of

the CPC Lianyungang Municipal Committee delivered speeches.

As a strong fulcrum for the Belt and Road intersection and the important node

city in the New Eurasian Continental Bridge Economic Corridor, Lianyungang

assumes the role of a two-way opening window and a sea-land conversion hub. In

recent years, with the vigorous economic development of the SCO countries and

the in-depth implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative, Lianyungang is

making every effort to build the SCO overseas base and the China-Kazakhstan

logistics cooperation base. The cooperation effects and demonstration effects

achieved caused widespread concern.

On the basis of the cooperation results of the first SCO Round Table, using the

SCO's actual needs and long-term development of international industrial

cooperation and special product trade as entry point, this year's meeting aims

at new trends and explores new ideas, new countermeasures, and constructs the

international logistics cooperation relationship of mutual respect, mutual

support, and win-win cooperation.

Participants affirmed the important contribution of Lianyungang in the SCO

member states in fighting the COVID-19 and coping with its negative impact, and

noted the huge development potential of port of Lianyungang, and believed that

the urban logistics and industrial clusters should be used more actively. It is

to strengthen the multilateral cooperation and exchanges in the SCO Free Trade

Zone, and develop cooperation in the transportation, transshipment and

processing of transnational goods under the framework of the national strategy

and the Belt and Road Initiative.

For more details, please visit http://www.scoilp.gov.cn/Default.aspx?mpid=10

Source: Lianyungang Municipal People's Government