国内英语新闻:SCO prime ministers start talks in central China

BEIJING, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- As time draws near for the 14th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) prime ministers' meeting, the heads of government to attend the event are widely expected to mull ways of expanding industrial capacity cooperation within the bloc.

The meeting, which will bring together heads of government of the SCO member countries of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, and of the observer countries of Afghanistan, Belarus, India, Iran, Mongolia and Pakistan, will be held in Zhengzhou, the capital city of central China's Henan Province, from Monday to Tuesday.