China has held multiple press briefings on its efforts to promote cooperation among Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member countries and to prepare for this year's summit in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin, where the SCO Summit 2025 will take place from August 31 to September 1. In a briefing at the media center for the upcoming SCO Summit 2025 on Friday, officials from Tianjin said that the host city has leveraged its advantage as a port hub to built 20 pairs of sister relationships with cities from across SCO countries and established 10 Luban Workshops in SCO countries to provide vocational skills training. They noted that Tianjin-produced new energy vehicles have already been put into use across SCO countries. Looking forward, Tianjin will take the summit as an opportunity to further deepen practical cooperation with SCO countries in areas such as economy, trade, culture and green industries, said the officials. In another briefing on the same day, officials from east China's Shandong Province said that Qingdao City-based China-SCO Local Economic and Trade Cooperation Demonstration Area (SCODA) has opened over 40 shipping routes and 220 air routes to SCO countries. They said that the China-Europe freight train service from the SCODA has reached cities across SCO countries, becoming a vivid example of building an SCO community with a shared future. In a briefing on Thursday, officials from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said that digital technology talent training is a key component of SCO digital economy cooperation. They noted that to date, the China-SCO Big Data Cooperation Center has trained over 830 digital technology professionals for SCO countries, and it is expected that the three-year training target of 1,000 people will be achieved ahead of schedule. Press briefings on SCO cooperation in the fields of people to people and cultural exchanges, ecology, agriculture and other fields will also be held at the media center in the following days. （https://english.www.gov.cn/news/202508/22/content_WS68a81866c6d0868f4e8f5042.html） The SCO Summit 2025 will be the largest gathering in the organization's history, with more than 20 foreign leaders and 10 heads of international organizations expected to attend. Shotlist: Tianjin Municipality, north China - Recent: 1. Logo of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), sign reading "Media Center of SCO Summit 2025"; Tianjin Municipality, north China - Aug 29, 2025 2. Various of officials briefing on Tianjin's efforts to promote SCO cooperation at news conference, reporters listening; FILE: Tianjin Municipality, north China - Date Unknown 3. Various of port; 4. Various of vehicle assembly line; 5. Various of vehicles to be exported at port; Tianjin Municipality, north China - Recent 6. Various of banner, flags for SCO Summit 2025, traffic; Tianjin Municipality, north China - Aug 29, 2025 7. Various of officials briefing on Shandong Province's efforts to promote SCO cooperation at news conference, reporters listening; FILE: Qingdao City, Shandong Province, east China - Date Unknown 8. Various of China-SCO Local Economic and Trade Cooperation Demonstration Area (SCODA); 9. Various of containers being loaded between trucks, trains at SCODA; containers; train running; Tianjin Municipality, north China - Aug 28, 2025 10. Various of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) officials briefing on efforts to promote SCO cooperation at news conference, reporters; FILE: Qingdao City, Shandong Province, east China - Date Unknown 11. Various of SCO country young people receiving training; FILE: Tianjin Municipality, north China - Date Unknown 12. Various of cityscape. [Restriction - No access Chinese mainland]