China's vision of common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security within the SCO framework
When Xi attended his first SCO summit as China's president in September 2013, he outlined his vision for regional security amid a wave of emerging threats, including the spread of terrorism and extremism across Central Asia, and a surge in cross-border crime.
"No country can tackle these challenges alone," Xi said. "We must strengthen cooperation."
At every subsequent SCO summit, Xi has emphasized security cooperation as a cornerstone of the organization's agenda. At the Qingdao Summit in 2018, he introduced China's vision of common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security within the SCO framework.
"Real security is premised on the security of all countries," Xi said at the Astana Summit last year, reflecting his long-standing view on security.
The Chinese president cautioned that a nation cannot ensure its own security by undermining that of others, invoking a Kazakh proverb: "One who tries to blow out another's oil lamp will only set his own beard on fire."