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Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

Eurasian political, economic, and security alliance
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Summary

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation is an intergovernmental organization[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of intergovernmental organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,425 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: pentad[3]
  • Official language: Russian[4], Chinese[5]
  • Named after: Shanghai[6]
  • Headquarters location: Beijing[7]
  • Child organization or unit: Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure[8]
  • Commons category: Shanghai Cooperation Organisation[9]
  • Has part(s): People's Republic of China[10], India[11], Iran[12], Kazakhstan[13], Kyrgyzstan[14], Uzbekistan[15], Pakistan[16], Russia[17], Tajikistan[18], Afghanistan[19], Belarus[20], Mongolia[21]
  • Inception: June 14, 2001[22]
  • Official website: https://sectsco.org[23]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Shanghai Cooperation Organisation[24]
  • Replaces: Shanghai Five[25]
  • Topic has template: Template:Shanghai Cooperation Organisation[26]
  • Motto: Shanghai Spirit[27]
  • Short name: SCO[28], ШОС[29], 上合组织[30], 上合組織[31], ΟΣΣ[32], SHHT[33], OCS[34], ШКУ[35], ŞİÖ[36], OCX[37], SSO[38], ŞXO[39], შთო[40], SOZ[41]
  • Member count: 10[42]
  • Partnership with: Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia[43]

Why It Matters

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] It is known by 115 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]

Related Entities

Afghanistan Beijing Belarus India Iran Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Mongolia Pakistan People's Republic of China Russia Tajikistan Uzbekistan

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [44] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [45] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Zhenqinli · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member count → {'amount': '+10'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Member count: 10"
  2. 6w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopædia britannica online id → topic/Shanghai-Cooperation-Organization
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Encyclopædia britannica online id: topic/Shanghai-Cooperation-Organization"
  3. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → intergovernmental organization, pentad
    Partnership with → Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia
    Named after → Shanghai
    General secretary → Vladimir Norov, Zhang Deguang, Bolat Nurgaliyev +5
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/37385|batch #37385]]: Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) (P14541)"
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