Xi calls for more high-tech cooperation

Zhao Huanxin and Zhang Yunbi

President Xi Jinping called for greater cooperation in high and cutting-edge technologies when he met the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation government heads on Wednesday in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province.

"Increased cooperation should be encouraged and facilitated among small and medium-sized enterprises of the SCO countries," Xi said.

Xi also suggested that "the research on measures to boost visits should be geared up" to fully tap into the potential of cooperation at the people-to-people level. The president spoke further about working on dovetailing the Silk Road Economic Belt and Eurasian Economic Union, as well as the link between the Belt and respective development strategies of the SCO.

Countries should coordinate industrial adjustment, give full play to complementary economic strengths and seek new highlights for growth for multilateral cooperation, Xi said.