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China Releases 153-Item Action Plan to Advance SCO Cooperation

The 2025–2026 deliverables list spans security, digital trade, and multilateral financing following the Tianjin Summit.

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The Brief

China has released a comprehensive outcome list detailing 153 initiatives and deliverables for 2025 to 2026 aimed at advancing the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). Following the 2025 SCO Tianjin Summit, the framework encompasses 13 formal outcome documents alongside extensive programs in security, green industry, digital economy, and education. Key milestones include progress reports on multilateral consultations for an SCO Development Bank, the 'Tianshan-2026' cyber counter-terrorism exercise, and standardization and trade index mechanisms across member states.

Why it matters

The deliverable list outlines China's institutional and operational roadmap for the SCO, demonstrating how Beijing seeks to translate multilateral summit consensus into concrete economic, technical, and security mechanisms.

China context

Following the 2025 Tianjin Summit, China is increasingly deploying specialized platforms—ranging from vocational education alliances and doctoral training roadmaps to digital silk road toolboxes and trade indices—to anchor regional integration across Eurasia.

Editor's View

EDITOR'S VIEW — Analysis and inference, not factual reporting. The comprehensive scope of the 153 items illustrates Beijing's dual strategy within the SCO: reinforcing regional security cooperation through drills like 'Tianshan-2026' while laying foundational infrastructure for cross-border digital and financial cooperation, notably through ongoing consultations on a dedicated SCO Development Bank.

What to watch

  • Implementation and national-level alignment across member states regarding the 13 formal outcome documents.
  • The execution of the 'Tianshan-2026' joint cyber counter-terrorism drill and associated legal and law enforcement forums.
  • Further multilateral negotiations and progress on the proposed SCO Development Bank.

Key Takeaways

  • 1China published a 153-item outcome list for 2025–2026 following up on the 2025 SCO Tianjin Summit.
  • 2The framework includes 13 formal outcome documents covering sustainable development, standardization, and media cooperation.
  • 3Member states advanced multilateral consultations on the proposed SCO Development Bank and released a dedicated China-SCO trade index.
  • 4Security cooperation includes the scheduled 'Tianshan-2026' joint cyber counter-terrorism exercise.
Chinese authorities have released a 153-item outcome list outlining China's practical actions to support the development of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) across the 2025–2026 period, according to state media releases published via Xinhua and the Ministry of National Defense. The measures follow through on consensus reached during the 2025 SCO Tianjin Summit across political, security, economic, and cultural spheres. The framework establishes 13 key outcome documents. These formal instruments include the Ningbo Initiative on sustainable development cooperation, a progress report on multilateral consultations regarding an SCO Development Bank, and a standardization cooperation action plan for 2026–2027. They also incorporate academic and technological frameworks, such as the charter for an International Mathematical Sciences Center under the SCO University, the Harbin Roadmap for doctoral training, and the 2026 'Digital New Silk Road' Toolbox. Beyond institutional texts, the document details operational programs spanning trade, technology, and regional security. In the security domain, competent authorities of SCO member states will conduct the 'Tianshan-2026' joint cyber counter-terrorism exercise alongside local chief justice forums. Economic and industrial initiatives include dedicated local trade cooperation conferences in Shandong and Bishkek, roundtables on modern agriculture, and capacity-building programs for green low-carbon industrial transitions and climate adaptation. The deliverables also prioritize educational and professional exchanges, formalizing credit recognition agreements for graduate courses, vocational education equipment alliances, and youth doctoral exchange camps. Together, the 153 items establish an extensive practical schedule designed to institutionalize regional ties across Eurasia.

Sources

  1. 推动上海合作组织发展的中国行动成果清单 Ministry of National Defense · 9/1/2026
  2. 推动上海合作组织发展的中国行动成果清单 - 中国军网 China Military Online · 9/1/2026
  3. 推动上海合作组织发展的中国行动成果清单 China News Service · 9/1/2026