On April 9, 2025, in Hangzhou, China, under the chairmanship of the China, the second meeting of the expert group for preparing the 4th meeting of heads of ministries and departments of the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization responsible for the development of information and communication technologies (ICT) was held in hybrid format.
The agenda included issues of preparation for the mentioned high-level meeting, which will take place in June 2025 in the city of Karamay (Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China). China specifically informed about the planned activities during the upcoming meeting, including the holding of the Forum on Development and Cooperation in the Field of Digital Technologies China - SCO and training for specialists within the framework of the "SCO Tree" project.
The program of the meeting also included a visit to the offices of leading Chinese high-tech companies Alibaba and Dahua Technology.