President Xi Jinping attended and delivered a speech at the 21st meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization via video link on Friday.

The SCO, established 20 years ago to initially focus on regional security affairs, now sees its teamwork covering various fields. It comprises eight member states－India, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

Here are some highlights from Xi's speech.

- China has provided close to 1.2 billion doses of finished and bulk vaccines to over 100 countries and international organizations, thus becoming the biggest vaccine provider in the world

- China will make due contributions to humanity's complete victory over the COVID-19 pandemic (Read more)