The Secretariat of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation has announced the results of the contest for the best article on the SCO among undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students of higher education institutions from member states, titled "25 Years of the SCO: Partnership for a Sustainable Future."
Over six hundred research papers in Chinese, Russian, and English took part in the contest.
By unanimous decision of the contest council first places were awarded according to the formula "one winner from each SCO member state" to the following citizens:
From the Republic of Belarus – Valeria Vasilevskaya, doctoral student at Belarusian State University (Minsk).
Article title: "25 Years of the SCO: Integration of the Republic of Belarus into Sustainable Development Mechanisms (2024–2026)."
From the Republic of India – Mr. Rahul, Master of Business Administration (Honours), Maharshi Dayanand University, Incoming Graduate Student, Harvard University.
Article title: "Capabilities, Capital, and Community."
From the Islamic Republic of Iran – Mr. Ali Naderifard, Islamic Azad University (IAU, Tehran).
Article title: "Financial Integration and De-dollarization in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization: Building an Alternative Financial Architecture in a Multipolar Era."
From the Republic of Kazakhstan – Nurasyl Bisenov, 1st-year student at the School of Law and Public Administration, Narxoz University (Almaty).
Article title: "Economic Challenges for SCO States in the Transformation of Global Politics."
From the People's Republic of China – Chen Tianqi, student at the Institute of International Relations, University of International Business and Economics (Beijing).
Article title: "Building a Youth Community of Digital and Green Competencies within the SCO: Uniting Partners for a Sustainable Future."
From the Kyrgyz Republic – Makhabat Nurgazieva, master's student at the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University named after B.N. Yeltsin (Bishkek).
Article title: "25 Years of the SCO: Partnership for a Sustainable Future."
From the Islamic Republic of Pakistan – Mr. Osajja Ali, School of Law, Xi'an Jiaotong University (Xi'an).
Article title: "Legal Certainty for the New Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Partner Status."
From the Russian Federation – Valeria Vasilyeva, student at the V.B. Bobkov St. Petersburg Branch of the Russian Customs Academy.
Article title: "Prospects for the Development of Mutual Trade among SCO Countries."
From the Republic of Tajikistan – Khilolabonu Tolibi, student at the Faculty of Law, Tajik National University (Dushanbe).
Article title: "25 Years of the SCO: Tajikistan's Contribution to the Development of a New Type of Association."
From the Republic of Uzbekistan – Nilufar Muratbaeva, 3rd-year student at the University of World Economy and Diplomacy (Tashkent).
Article title: "From Regional Cooperation to Sustainable Transformation: The Role of the SCO in Supporting Institutional and Digital Adaptation in Central Asia."
The winners of the contest will be awarded certificates from SCO Secretary-General Nurlan Yermekbayev and commemorative 25th anniversary medals of the SCO.
The contest generated interest among the broad international youth community. Alongside citizens of the ten SCO member states, young researchers from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Yemen, Moldova, Mongolia, and Turkmenistan also took part in the contest. The best authors from these countries will receive special recognition.
The SCO Secretariat sincerely thanks the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students for their participation in the contest and their contribution to the worthy celebration of the Organisation's 25th anniversary.