On 14 June 2024, the Patio of the SCO Secretariat hosted an official SCO Day reception and a presentation marking the fifth anniversary of an initiative to establish the SCO Agricultural High-Tech Industry Demonstration Zone for exchanging and mastering agricultural technologies.

About 150 people attended the events, including:

SCO Secretary-General Zhang Ming; Special Representative of the Chinese Government on Eurasian Affairs Li Hui; Deputy Communist Party Committee Secretary and Governor of Shaanxi Province Zhao Gang; Heads of diplomatic missions of SCO member states; Observers and dialogue partners, accredited in Beijing; Representatives of international and regional organisations, as well as senior officials of Chinese state agencies and representatives of local and foreign media outlets.

In his remarks, Zhang Ming analysed the SCO's achievements over the past 23 years and noted that the SCO Family was guided by the Shanghai Spirit, and that it adhered to the principles of openness, tolerance, peaceful coexistence and mutually beneficial cooperation. The SCO Family continues to increase its membership, to expand the sphere of cooperation and its international influence, making a substantial contribution to regional and global prosperity and stability.

Zhang Ming also noted the significance of agricultural cooperation between SCO members and praised the role of the SCO Agricultural High-Tech Industry Demonstration Zone in Yangling City as a platform for expanding intra-SCO cooperation in this sphere, facilitating economic and social development of countries and ensuring regional food security.

Special Representative of the Chinese Government on Eurasian Affairs Li Hui, the Ambassador of Kazakhstan (now chairing the SCO) Shakhrat Nuryshev and Governor of Shaanxi Province Zhao Gang also addressed the guests.

The event participants visited a photo exhibition highlighting the achievements of the above-mentionedSCO Agricultural High-Tech Industry Demonstration Zone. They also helped themselves to fruits and vegetables from the Demonstration Zone. Consequently, the guests became quite fascinated with tasty SCO foodstuffs and the SCO Family's history of friendship.