Chinese President Hu Jintao met Tuesday in Beijing with Zhang Deguang, secretary-general of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), and other officials from the SCO secretariat.

Hu said he was glad to meet with the SCO officials before the Tashkent SCO summit meeting, noting that the SCO secretariat, as a permanent administrative institute, played an important role in the effective operation of the SCO.

Hu spoke highly of the fruitful work the secretariat had done in promoting cooperation in various fields and expanding diplomatic exchanges since it was set up in January.

The SCO should focus on developing concrete cooperation in various fields, and the major task of the Tashkent summit was to set clear projects and put forward concrete measures for the concrete cooperation in fields of organizational security and economy, he said.

As host country of the secretariat, China will continue to give full support to the institute and provide all necessary convenience and assistance, he said.

Zhang expressed the secretariat's appreciation for the support from the Chinese government, saying that the secretariat will endeavor to implement the consensus reached by the member nations and to serve their common interests.