Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday that the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is a proactive force for world peace and development.

President Xi made the remarks during a keynote speech at the 25th Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the SCO in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin.

Xi said the SCO was the first grouping to put forth the vision of global governance featuring extensive consultation and joint contribution for shared benefit as an effort to practice true multilateralism. 

He stressed that the SCO always stands on the side of international fairness and justice, champions inclusiveness and mutual learning between civilizations, and opposes hegemonism and power politics, thus becoming a proactive force for world peace and development.