Full text of Xi Jinping's speech at 'SCO Plus' meeting

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday delivered a speech at the "SCO Plus" meeting in Bishkek.

The following is the full text of Xi's speech: Jointly Advocating an Equal and Orderly Multipolar World and Making Global Governance More Just and Equitable Statement by H.E.

Xi Jinping President of the People's Republic of China At the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Plus Meeting Bishkek, September 1, 2026 Your Excellency President Sadyr Japarov, Colleagues, It gives me great pleasure to join fellow members and partners of the SCO family in celebrating the 25th anniversary of our organization.

I wish to thank President Japarov for his kind invitation and the thoughtful arrangements by the government of Kyrgyzstan.

The meeting today focuses on strengthening the role of the United Nations and building a multipolar world, and it demonstrates SCO's commitment to reforming and improving global governance as required by our times.

Currently, major changes unseen in a century are accelerating across the globe.

Hegemonism, unilateralism and protectionism are resurging against historical trends.

Nevertheless, the overwhelming majority of the world do not condone power politics, conflict and confrontation, or isolation and backwardness.

What they want instead is to hold a place on the world stage through national development and international cooperation.

In recent years, the rise of the Global South is driving a profound shift in the international balance of power.

The trend toward a multipolar world is irreversible.

What kind of multipolarity does the world need? How are countries going to take part in and promote it? The international community should build consensus and make the right choice that can stand the test of practice and history.

As a responsible major country, China advocates for an equal and orderly multipolar world. —Sovereign equality and mutual respect are fundamental principles.

The history of the world is written by all nations.