On 17 August, 2022, the SCO Secretariat hosted a presentation of the International Expo Centre project, The Crown Jewel of the China-SCO Demonstration Zone (Qingdao, Shandong Province).
The event was attended by the member states’ permanent representatives to the SCO Secretariat, representatives of observer states and dialogue partners of the SCO, as well as economic advisers at the embassies of the SCO family countries.
SCO Deputy Secretary-General Sohail Khan delivered a welcome address to the participants.
The presenter was Li Gang, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Executive Deputy Director of the Administrative Committee of the China-SCO Demonstration Zone.
At the 18th meeting of the SCO Heads of State Council on 10 June 2018, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced the Chinese government's support for the project to develop the China-SCO Local Economic and Trade Cooperation Demonstration Zone in Qingdao.