Ningbo, China: The State of Qatar participated in the 2026 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Green and Sustainable Development Forum, held April 28–30 in Ningbo, People’s Republic of China.
HE Rashid bin Mubarak Al Khater, Consul General of the State of Qatar in Shanghai, led the Qatari delegation. The participation underscores Qatar’s commitment to its National Vision 2030, particularly environmental sustainability and balancing economic growth with resource conservation.
Green and Sustainable Development Forum
The Green and Sustainable Development Forum of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) opened Wednesday in Ningbo, east China’s Zhejiang Province.
Shen Yueyue, vice chairperson of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and chairperson of the Good-Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation Commission of the SCO, read out Chinese President Xi Jinping’s congratulatory letter and delivered a keynote speech.
Noting that green and sustainable development is the common aspiration and significant area of cooperation of the SCO countries, Shen urged all relevant parties to implement the Global Governance Initiative and build a consensus on green and sustainable development.
Efforts should be made to accelerate sci-tech innovation to unleash the endogenous driving force for green development, strengthen industrial alignment and consolidate the foundation for green industry cooperation, and safeguard the ecological bottom line and jointly build a regional ecological security barrier, Shen said.
Shen also called on the SCO countries to deepen people-to-people and cultural exchanges to pool efforts for green and sustainable development.
Source: SCIO CHINA | QNA Photo Courtesy: XINHUA