On 3 March, Tajikistan chaired the first expert meeting on drafting the SCO Economic Development Strategy for the period until 2030. The Strategy will chart the main areas of investment, financial, trade and other forms of economic cooperation in the SCO region.
 
The initiative to devise the Strategy was put forward by the President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon at the SCO Heads of State Council meeting in Dushanbe on 17 September 2021, and confirmed at the SCO Heads of State Council meeting in Samarkand on 16 September 2022.