我们要坚持以促进民心相通为宗旨。“民齐者强。”上海合作组织的未来，最终掌握在本组织各国人民手中。我们要支持商界、学界、媒体、智库、文艺团体等各行各界，全方位开展友好交往和人文交流，增进各国人民相互了解和传统友谊，筑牢本组织发展的社会民意基础。我们要积极开辟人文合作新渠道，加强上海合作组织国际传播能力建设，弘扬上海合作组织主旋律，向世界讲述更多“上合故事”，发出更多“上合声音”。
We need to increase understanding between our people, which is the very purpose of our work. “People, if united, will be stronger.” The SCO’s future, above all, is in the hands of the people of the SCO members. We need to support friendly exchanges between business communities, academia, media groups, think tanks, art groups and other communities, and expand our cultural and people-to-people exchanges to all dimensions. We need to enhance mutual understanding and traditional friendship between our people, so as to consolidate public support for the SCO development. We should actively explore new channels of cultural and people-to-people exchanges, build up the SCOs capability of international communication, and promote its ideals and principles. We should let the world know the "stories of the SCO" and hear the "voice of the SCO."
——9月12日，习近平在上合组织元首理事会第十四次会议上的讲话
（英文来源：CGTN，编辑：Helen）
