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China will host the SCO defence officials' meeting in Qingdao on March 26-27, 2025. The meeting aims to discuss future security cooperation among the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). In addition to the defence meeting, China will also host the SCO leaders' summit in Tianjin in the autumn of 2025. The country has chosen the theme "Upholding the Shanghai Spirit: SCO on the Move" for its SCO presidency in 2025 and declared the year as the "SCO Year of Sustainable Development."