Vice-Premier Wang Yang met on Sept 17 with heads of the delegations to the 14th economic and trade ministers’ meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Zhongnanhai, the seat of the Chinese government in downtown Beijing.

Wang expressed congratulations of the Chinese government on the meeting held in Xi’an, capital of northwest China’s Shaanxi province on Sept 16.

He called on all parties to promote regional cooperation by enhancing cooperation on the Belt and Road Initiative, improving trade structure, expanding industrial investment, and advancing trade facilitation.