Recently, the People's Government of Shuimogou District, Urumqi City and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization National Multifunctional Economic and Trade Platform (hereinafter referred to as the "Shanghai Cooperation Economic and Trade Platform") held a memorandum of cooperation signing ceremony to jointly expand the China (Xinjiang) Pilot Free Trade Zone and the SCO countries Space for economic and trade cooperation. Appointed by Hu Kaiqiang, Director-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Economic and Trade Platform, Deputy Director of the Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Overseas Chinese and Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chongqing Municipal Political Consultative Conference, former Deputy Director and Inspector of the Chongqing Environmental Protection Bureau, Senior Advisor of the Shanghai Cooperation Economic and Trade Platform Think Tank, Special Representative of the Director-General Pei Zhi, and Deputy Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Economic and Trade Platform Liu Jie attended the ceremony.

The signing ceremony was held in Urumqi cultural center (six halls and one heart)

The Shanghai Cooperation Economic and Trade Platform is based on the purpose of "jointly building a community with a shared future for mankind", the "Shanghai Spirit" of "mutual trust, mutual benefit, equality, consultation, respect for diverse civilizations, and seeking common development", and "building a harmonious and beautiful home for all things" "As the goal, with the in-depth implementation of the" Belt and Road "initiative as the traction, settle in Chongqing, based on China, radiate Shanghai, link with the periphery, and face, A multi-field, multi-functional, non-profit international exchange and cooperation platform with economic and trade work as the core.

The signing ceremony was held in Urumqi cultural center (six halls and one heart)

According to the memorandum of cooperation, the two parties will establish a work coordination and linkage mechanism, establish a Shanghai Cooperation Working Group, and initiate the establishment of a free trade-related working committee of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization National Multifunctional Economic and Trade Platform under the overall planning of the working group, carry out project incubation, fully mobilize the resources of both parties, and introduce Including comprehensive industrial resources such as finance, technology, trade, venues, and policies to help the implementation of the project, expanding the space for economic and trade cooperation between the China (Xinjiang) Pilot Free Trade Zone and the SCO countries. In addition, the two sides will also promote the holding of international economic and trade conferences, forums, cultural and art exhibitions, cultural experiences and other activities, explore the creation of a one-stop foreign investment innovation service center, and rely on the Shanghai Cooperation Economic and Trade Platform International Think Tank to accelerate the construction of a digital platform for comprehensive foreign trade services. Enabling specific cooperation plans such as the development of the real economy and international trade, enhancing the regional international economic and trade comprehensive service capabilities and trade service capabilities and opening level ", lead the construction of the platform as the" hub "of the Shanghai Cooperation inter-country industrial international collaborative innovation ecology.

This cooperation will give full play to the special advantages of the SCO economic and trade platform as an international economic and trade organization (NGO) under the multilateral framework of the SCO, further deepen economic and trade cooperation and cultural exchanges with SCO countries around the industrial resources and opening strategy of Xinjiang, and promote Urumqi to build a new pattern of taking the lead in opening up and leading the opening up in the China (Xinjiang) Pilot Free Trade Zone, and create a new benchmark for the coordinated development of international economic and trade organizations and regions.

It is reported that the Shanghai Cooperation Economic and Trade Platform has developed and established 25 industry working committees, bringing together dozens of leading enterprises in the industry, driving thousands of high-quality market entities in the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain at home and abroad (more than 1300 members of the platform's domestic and overseas organizations). From 2022 to 2023, the platform has promoted foreign investment of nearly 30 billion yuan. At the same time, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization National Multifunctional Economic and Trade Platform has cooperated with Uzbekistan Samarkand, Iran Qeshm Free Trade Zone, China-Shanghai Cooperation Organization Local Economic and Trade Cooperation Demonstration Zone, Chongqing Education Commission, Chongqing Youth League Municipal Committee, Chongqing Ecological Environment Bureau, etc. Nearly 20 local governments at home and abroad signed a memorandum of cooperation and established a special working group to jointly build a platform for political and business cooperation and opening between local governments and SCO countries, it has become an important bridge and carrier to promote economic and trade cooperation and people to people exchanges between China and other SCO countries, help local governments attract investment, and achieve high-quality development and high-level opening up.

Wang Hongquan, chairman of the platform digital farmers, Li Wenpo, deputy head of the preparatory group of the platform (Xinjiang Free Trade) working Committee, and other relevant personnel attended the event.