Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (2nd R, front) and other participants of the 14th prime ministers' meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) visit Zhengdong New District in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province, Dec. 15, 2015. [Photo/gov.cn]

They said they hoped to link their own needs with China's new urbanization to make progress in their mutually beneficial cooperation with central and western China.

Founded in 2001, the SCO consists of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. It has Afghanistan, Belarus, India, Iran, Mongolia and Pakistan as observers.