{"id":6059,"date":"2025-08-29T21:32:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T21:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/a-first-hand-look-at-sco-achievements\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T21:32:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T21:32:19","slug":"a-first-hand-look-at-sco-achievements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/a-first-hand-look-at-sco-achievements\/","title":{"rendered":"A first-hand look at SCO achievements"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><video src=\"https:\/\/news.cgtn.com\/news\/2025-08-29\/A-first-hand-look-at-SCO-achievements-1GekJ3M5pRe\/audio\/wu_1j3q5n08t1fhu1ur8r33u9b13kj7\/wu_1j3q5n08t1fhu1ur8r33u9b13kj7.mp3\"><\/video>\n<p>From August 18th to 23rd, a group of international journalists embarked on a media tour, &ldquo;Watch China Together: A Journey to Harmony,&rdquo; to witness firsthand China&rsquo;s advancements in smart agriculture, green port development, and cultural cooperation under the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) framework. The trip provides a powerful window into how China is actively sharing its expertise and fostering collaboration within the SCO and across the Global South.<\/p>\n<p>Following the tour, host Bridget Mutambirwa sat down with two of her colleagues,&nbsp;Yasir Masood&nbsp;(a political and strategic affairs analyst from Pakistan) and&nbsp;Ehrard Vermaak&nbsp;(a news editor from South Africa), to reflect on their eye-opening experiences in Yangling, Xi&rsquo;an, and Qingdao.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yangling: The agricultural powerhouse<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The journey began in Yangling, which surprised the delegates with its deep agricultural roots and modern innovation.<\/p>\n<p>For Vermaak, the visit enabled him to understand China better. &ldquo;Yangling was very, very clean, very organized&hellip; It showed me that Yangling is not just a small town. It has a long, long history of agriculture,&rdquo; he shared. He was particularly struck by the high-speed rail connectivity and the sheer quality of the produce, noting the &ldquo;uniform&rdquo; fields and &ldquo;huge size of maize growth.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Masood focused on Yangling&rsquo;s role as a global hub for knowledge sharing. He highlighted that the SCO Agriculture Technology Exchange and Training Demonstration Base there &ldquo;has brought around 96 institutions from 18 countries.&rdquo; Crucially, he noted,&nbsp;<strong>&ldquo;This was not confined to SCO alone. Yangling&hellip; is extending its expertise to the rest of the world as well, for example, in Africa.&rdquo;<\/strong>&nbsp;He cited the example of Pakistan&rsquo;s Prime Minister sending 1,000 students to China to gain agricultural expertise, calling them &ldquo;ambassadors&rdquo; who will contribute significantly to their home country&rsquo;s growth.<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><strong>Xi&rsquo;an: Reviving the Silk Road for a modern era<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In Xi&rsquo;an, the group visited the China Europe Railway Express assembly center, a key node in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). For Masood, this was a direct revival of the historic Silk Road&rsquo;s legacy of sharing knowledge and culture.<\/p>\n<p>He reflected on how ancient texts like Ibn Sina&rsquo;s &ldquo;Canon of Medicine&rdquo; traveled to Europe via these routes, transforming knowledge. His key takeaway from Xi&rsquo;an was seeing &ldquo;how peacefully the progress is being transformed&rdquo; and shared with the world, &ldquo;without any geostrategic or geopolitical strings attached.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Qingdao: Where global culture and commerce meet<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The final stop in Qingdao left a lasting impression of warmth, hospitality, and international spirit.<\/p>\n<p>Vermaak was captivated by the architecture of the SCO Exhibition Center, aptly named &ldquo;The Pearl.&rdquo;&nbsp;<strong>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s shaped like a massive, massive clamshell&hellip; So it&rsquo;s the Pearl because the goods inside being traded are the Pearl. And I thought that was very clever,&rdquo;<\/strong>&nbsp;he explained. He was pleasantly surprised to find top-quality South African wine and Rooibos tea on display, seeing it as a testament to the SCO&rsquo;s open-door policy for global markets.<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/migrant-acquitted-in-first-trial-over-us-border-military-zones\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">Migrant acquitted in first trial over US border military zones<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Masood was amazed by Qingdao&rsquo;s automated port and its burgeoning film industry at the China Movie Metropolis. He saw the city as a perfect blend of preserved history and modern development. Visiting his country&rsquo;s booth at the exhibition center was a proud moment, showcasing Pakistan&rsquo;s culture and products to the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The takeaway: A connected chain of collaboration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Together, the delegates pieced together a comprehensive picture of China&rsquo;s outreach.<\/p>\n<p>Vermaak appreciated how the tour illustrated the entire mechanism of cooperation:&nbsp;<strong>&ldquo;They took us to agriculture. They showed us, OK, this is where the products come from&hellip; then how does it get moved to other places and with what efficiency.&rdquo;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Masood concluded by synthesizing the experience:&nbsp;<strong>&ldquo;In Yangling, it was the agriculture; in Xi&rsquo;an, it was the connectivity; and in Qingdao, it was the cultural. These three important components of SCO were thoroughly educated to us during this visit.&rdquo;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The guests agreed that the inspiration gained must now be turned into action, fostering deeper collaboration and mutual prosperity across the Global South.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>A first-hand look at SCO achievements<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From August 18th to 23rd, a group of international journalists embarked on a media tour, &ldquo;Watch China Together: A Journey to Harmony,&rdquo; to witness firsthand China&rsquo;s advancements in smart agriculture, green port development, and cultural cooperation under the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) framework. The trip provides a powerful window into how China is actively sharing&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/a-first-hand-look-at-sco-achievements\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;A first-hand look at SCO achievements&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6059\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}