Chinese President Xi Jinping returned to Beijing Friday at midnight after wrapping up attendance at the 22nd Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and state visits to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

In a packed schedule of three days and two nights, President Xi flew to Nur-Sultan and Samarkand, stayed for 48 hours, and intensively attended nearly 30 events. Despite the tight schedule, there are many highlights and fruitful results.