and the fact that it's coming so close to the commerce party congress where he is expected as a mentor status, as the most powerful chinese leader. since marcy, don't really speaks volumes about the importance of the shanghai corporation organization to china. and you only need to look at it in numbers to get a sense of why that as we're talking about a block, which accounts for a population of 3200000000 people and nearly a quarter of global g. d, p in 2021. and that stature is expected to expand. and sam, i can report the same that 6 new countries will be given the state of dialogue partners, including qatar, saudi arabia and egypt. so at a time when beijing is facing increasing pushback and opposition over a range of issues from western countries, the strengthening of this alliance is seen as crucial for china encountering that global balance of power. and all eyes will be on a possible meeting between present she and president vladimir putin on the sidelines of the seo ukraine. and taiwan are likely to be the focus of their talks . and remember, this is the 1st time the 2 leaders a