At the invitation of the Government of the People’s Republic of China as the current Chair of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, will participate in the SCO Summit 2025, which will take place in Tianjin, People’s Republic of China, on 31 August – 1 September 2025. Participating in the SCO Summit for the first time in his capacity as the Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao will take the opportunity to engage in bilateral meetings with high-level officials from China and other external partners of ASEAN, as well as to conduct interviews with the media, on the sidelines of the SCO Summit.