习近平和彭丽媛为出席2025年上海合作组织峰会的国际贵宾举行欢迎宴会

8月31日晚,国家主席习近平和夫人彭丽媛在天津梅江会展中心举行宴会,欢迎来华出席2025年上海合作组织峰会的国际贵宾。这是习近平发表致辞。新华社记者 谢环驰 摄

新华社天津8月31日电(记者马卓言、李鲲)8月31日晚,国家主席习近平和夫人彭丽媛在天津梅江会展中心举行宴会,欢迎来华出席2025年上海合作组织峰会的国际贵宾。

海河之畔,灯光璀璨。

出席峰会的上海合作组织成员国、观察员国、对话伙伴国、主席国客人等20多位外国国家元首、政府首脑及配偶,联合国秘书长等10位国际组织负责人陆续抵达。礼兵列队致敬。伴随着各国名曲音乐,国际贵宾穿过由与会各国国旗、上海合作组织会旗和联合国旗帜组成的恢弘旗阵,沿着红地毯前行。

8月31日晚,国家主席习近平和夫人彭丽媛在天津梅江会展中心举行宴会,欢迎来华出席2025年上海合作组织峰会的国际贵宾。这是宴会前,习近平和彭丽媛同贵宾们集体合影留念。新华社记者 黄敬文 摄

习近平和彭丽媛热情迎接外方领导人夫妇,同他们亲切握手,互致问候并合影留念。

在悠扬的迎宾曲中,习近平和彭丽媛同贵宾们共同步入宴会厅。

8月31日晚,国家主席习近平和夫人彭丽媛在天津梅江会展中心举行宴会,欢迎来华出席2025年上海合作组织峰会的国际贵宾。这是习近平发表致辞。新华社记者 丁海涛 摄

习近平发表致辞,代表中国政府和中国人民对来华出席上海合作组织峰会的国际贵宾表示热烈欢迎。

习近平强调,上海合作组织自成立以来,始终秉持“上海精神”,巩固团结互信,深化务实合作,参与国际和地区事务,成为推动构建新型国际关系和人类命运共同体的重要力量。当前,世界百年变局加速演进,不稳定、不确定、难预料因素明显增多,上海合作组织维护地区和平稳定、促进各国发展繁荣的责任更加重大。这次峰会肩负着凝聚各方共识、激发合作动能、擘画发展蓝图的重要使命。相信在各方共同努力下,峰会一定能够圆满成功,上海合作组织必将展现更大作为、实现更大发展,为促进成员国团结协作、汇聚全球南方力量、助力人类文明进步事业作出更大贡献。

8月31日晚,国家主席习近平和夫人彭丽媛在天津梅江会展中心举行宴会,欢迎来华出席2025年上海合作组织峰会的国际贵宾。这是习近平发表致辞。新华社记者 丁海涛 摄

习近平指出,天津是一座开放包容的城市,自古为京畿要地,是中国改革开放先行区。在京津冀协同发展战略引领下,中国式现代化天津篇章不断展现新气象。在天津举办这次峰会,一定能给上海合作组织可持续发展注入新的活力。

宴会后,习近平和彭丽媛同贵宾们共同观看《共创未来》文艺演出,欣赏文明互鉴、百川汇海的和合之美,感受上海合作组织大家庭团结合作、共创辉煌的奋进力量。

蔡奇、王毅、陈敏尔、王小洪等出席活动。

欢迎宴会开始前,贵宾们参观了天津非物质文化遗产展示。

Xi says SCO bears greater responsibilities for peace, development

Chinese President Xi Jinping addresses a banquet to welcome international guests at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)

TIANJIN, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday said the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is shouldering greater responsibilities for safeguarding regional peace and stability, and for boosting development of various countries in a world of increasing uncertainties and accelerated changes.

Xi made the remarks at a banquet to welcome international guests who are in China's port city of Tianjin to attend the SCO Summit 2025 from Sunday to Monday.

Before the banquet, Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan welcomed the guests when they arrived.

Addressing the banquet, Xi expressed confidence that with concerted efforts of all parties, the summit will be a complete success, and that the SCO is certain to play an even bigger role and achieve more progress, making greater contribution to boosting the unity and cooperation among member states, pooling the strength of the Global South and pushing for more progress of human civilization.

Founded in Shanghai in June 2001, the SCO has expanded from six founding members into a 26-nation family of 10 members, two observers and 14 dialogue partners spanning Asia, Europe and Africa.

With major emerging markets and developing countries such as China, Russia and India among its members, the SCO represents nearly half of the world's population and a quarter of the global economy.

The Tianjin summit is the largest-ever annual summit of the group. Member states are expected to adopt key documents, including the organization's development strategy for the next decade.

It is also President Xi's second time hosting the event, with the participation of leaders from more than 20 countries and 10 international organizations. Prior to the summit, Xi held more than a dozen bilateral meetings with arriving leaders in Tianjin.

Xi told the guests at the banquet that as an open and inclusive city, Tianjin serves as a pioneering zone for China's reform and opening-up, and hosting the summit here will undoubtedly inject new vitality into the sustainable development of the SCO.

The SCO has become an important force in building a new type of international relations and a community with a shared future for humanity, he added.

The summit includes the 25th Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the SCO as well as the "SCO Plus" Meeting, both of which will be held on Monday.

Participants at the meetings will discuss plans for cooperation and development, and work to improve global governance, Xi said.

He expressed the hope that the SCO will, under the guidance of Shanghai Spirit, set sail once again from Tianjin toward an even brighter future.

After the banquet, Xi and Peng joined the guests in watching an art performance.

Senior Chinese officials including Cai Qi, Wang Yi, Chen Min'er, and Wang Xiaohong were present at the event. ■

Chinese President Xi Jinping addresses a banquet to welcome international guests at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)

Chinese President Xi Jinping addresses a banquet to welcome international guests at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with international guests before a welcoming banquet at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee and Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Secretary-General of the Economic Cooperation Organization Asad Khan at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Min Aung Hlaing, acting president of Myanmar, at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and his wife at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and his wife at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Secretary-General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Imangali Tasmagambetov at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Kao Kim Hourn, secretary-general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Director of the Executive Committee of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure Ularbek Sharsheev at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Indonesian Foreign Minister Sugiono at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his wife at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Secretary-General of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia Kairat Sarybay at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and his wife at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Independent States Sergey Lebedev at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Mongolian President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh and his wife at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Secretary-General Nurlan Yermekbayev at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission Bakytzhan Sagintayev at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Prime Minister of Egypt Mostafa Madbouly and his wife at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and his wife at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with President of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Jin Liqun at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)