Xi highlights deepening of global green cooperation

President Xi Jinping said China is ready to work with all sides to deepen policy coordination, experience sharing, and project-based cooperation to improve global environmental governance, in a congratulatory message to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Green and Sustainable Development Forum held in Ningbo in East China's Zhejiang province on Wednesday.

In the message, Xi said that China, as a participant, contributor and leader in promoting global ecological civilization, upholds the concept that "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets". The country also unswervingly follows the path of prioritizing ecological conservation and green development, he emphasized.

He noted that this year marks the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the SCO, and the opening year of China's 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30) period.