By Chen Tianhao
Under the theme “New Bonds in the Digital Economy, New Horizons for Cooperation,” the 2025 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Digital Economy Forum will be held in Tianjin from July 10 to 11. Over 600 delegates from SCO member-state governments, enterprises, universities and think tanks will convene to focus on hot‐button issues, build consensus and explore avenues for collaboration.
The Forum is organized under the guidance of the National Development and Reform Commission and jointly host by China’s National Data Administration and the Tianjin Municipal People’s Government.
According to a press briefing on this event, this Forum—an important initiative to further consolidate the “Shanghai Spirit,” showcase achievements and share the dividends of digital growth—features three distinctive elements:
Fresh topics: Spotlighting the latest applications, technological innovations and strategic trends in the digital economy and AI.
Practical dialogues: Establishing a high-level, regularized working mechanism, and witnessing the signing of key cooperation projects on site.
Diverse formats: Building a multi-tiered, long-term cooperation framework across industries, cities, universities and think tanks; convening four thematic sub-forums; and organizing multi-route, multi-scenario site visits to solidify lasting partnerships.
The Forum will pursue three core objectives—examining outcomes in preparation for the SCO Summit, highlighting each country’s development achievements, and sharing the benefits of digital economy growth. The forum will also help to drive four lines of cooperation: “Hard connectivity” in digital infrastructure, “soft connectivity” in data-governance frameworks, “people-to-people connectivity” through talent and knowledge exchange, as well as project delivery to accelerate real-world implementation.
Holding the SCO Digital Economy Forum carries great significance for Tianjin’s push toward high-quality digital economy development and deeper international exchange. Tianjin boasts robust digital infrastructure, rich scientific and educational talent, a strong opening-up environment and abundant digital application scenarios—providing a solid foundation for external digital economy cooperation.
As the host city, Tianjin’s own digital economy achievements are remarkable: in Q1?2025, the revenue of its core digital economy industries was 132.9?billion yuan, up 12.2?% year on year; its platform-economy revenue reached 157.8?billion yuan, up 23?%; and by coordinating classical computing, AI computing and supercomputing assets, Tianjin’s AI-computing capacity surpassed 10,000?P (FP16) with 90?% utilization.
In recent years, digital-economy cooperation between China and SCO members has yielded numerous “small?yet smart” projects. By March 2025, over 100 typical cooperation cases had been collected—spanning all SCO countries and covering six key areas including digital technology innovation and application, digital infrastructure, industrial digitalization, digital economy parks, public service applications and digital security—demonstrating both the depth and breadth of SCO digital technology collaboration.
The 2025 SCO Digital Economy Forum is not only a high-level international exchange event, but also a critical opportunity to elevate regional digital cooperation. The organizers look forward to welcoming all participants to Tianjin, where they will leverage digital innovation to write a new chapter of cooperation, inject fresh momentum into the Year of Sustainable Development for the SCO, and jointly embark on a vibrant future in the digital economy era.
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