Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called for efforts to promote the building of a more just and equitable global governance system and a community with a shared future for humanity. Xi made the remarks when meeting with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in Beijing. Pezeshkian is in the Chinese capital to attend the commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, which include a grand military parade on Wednesday. The Iranian president had earlier attended the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit which was held in the nearby port city of Tianjin from Sunday to Monday. During their meeting, Xi expressed his appreciation to the Iranian side for supporting China in hosting the largest and most fruitful summit in the SCO's history, where he also put forward a new proposal. Pezeshkian congratulated China for the successful hosting of the SCO summit, saying that under China's rotating presidency, member states have enhanced their political mutual trust and made positive progress in cooperation across various fields. Shotlist: Beijing, China - Sept 2, 2025: 1. Meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in progress; 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Xi Jinping, Chinese President (starting with shot 1/partially overlaid with shot 3/ending with shot 4): "It's a great pleasure to again meet with Mr. President Pezeshkian. Yesterday, we attended the SCO Summit in Tianjin, which was the largest and the most fruitful SCO summit in the organization's history. I would like to express my appreciation to the Iranian side for supporting China in hosting the summit. I put forward the Global Governance Initiative to promote the reform and improvement of the global governance system and address the issue of governance deficits. China is willing to work with the international community, including Iran, to promote the building of a more just and equitable global governance system, and join hands to build a community with a shared future for humanity."; [SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] 3. Various of Pezeshkian at meeting; meeting in progress; [SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] 4. Various of Pezeshkian at meeting; meeting in progress; national flags of China, Iran; 5. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Masoud Pezeshkian, Iranian President (partially overlaid with shot 6): "Iran attaches great importance to developing relations with China and regards China as a comprehensive strategic partner. No matter how the international and regional situation evolves, we are willing to work with China to implement the 25-year comprehensive cooperation plan between our two countries. I am also very willing to reaffirm that Iran firmly supports the Global Governance Initiative that President Xi proposed yesterday." [SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE]; 6. Various of meeting in progress; Xi at meeting [SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE]. [Restriction - No access Chinese mainland]