China hopes SCO PMs' meeting promotes industrial cooperation

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang addresses the welcome banquet for foreign leaders attending the 14th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) prime ministers' meeting, in Zhengzhou, capital of Central China's Henan province, Dec 14, 2015. [Photo/Xinhua]

ZHENGZHOU - China hopes the 14th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) prime ministers' meeting will promote international industrial cooperation, Premier Li Keqiang said on Monday.

Li made the call when hosting a welcome banquet for foreign leaders attending the meeting, slated for Tuesday in Zhengzhou, the capital of central Henan Province.

Leaders from SCO member states Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan and observer states Pakistan, Afghanistan and Mongolia were present at the banquet.

Hailing the SCO as a model of good neighborliness and win-win cooperation, Li said the organization has always adopted an approach of non-alliance, non-confrontation and non-targeting of third parties in regional and international affairs. This, he said, has contributed to the stability, peace and prosperity of the world.