China’s high-profile SCO summit: Who’s attending and what’s on the agenda?

Observers say the two-day summit in Tianjin, attended by political heavyweights, could serve as a strategic platform for Beijing to boost its diplomatic clout. China is set to push again for an SCO Development Bank at the summit, a plan stalled since 2010 over Russia’s opposition. According to Dylan Loh, assistant professor of public policy and global affairs at NTU, the primary hurdle has been a lack of consensus on funding and governance, and concerns over China's potential dominance. A lot more will still need to be done in building consensus on who funds, who can exercise the most influence, how governance will look like (and) what purposes it will primarily serve.

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