Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the restricted session of the 22nd meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Sept. 16, 2022. At 9:55 a.m. local time, Xi and leaders of other SCO member states arrived for the event and received warm welcome from Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev. (Xinhua/Li Tao)