Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit China's Tianjin from August 31 to September 1 for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit. The Tianjin Summit 2025 is the 25th Heads of State Council meeting of the SCO. The visit, if it happens, will be PM Modi's first trip to Beijing since the Galwan clash in 2020 and sixth overall. Before visiting China for the SCO summit, PM Modi will first visit Japan on August 30, where he will participate in the annual India-Japan Summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. From there, he may travel to China for the summit. It will be the fifth time that China hosts the annual SCO summit.
PM Modi and Xi Jinping had earlier met in Kazan
PM Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping had earlier met at the BRICS summit in Kazan in October 2024. After that, efforts were made to reduce border tensions between the two countries.
The primary discussions with SCO member countries will focus on regional security, terrorism, and trade. Moreover, efforts will be made to restore stability and dialogue in India-China relations.
Notably, PM Modi's visit to China comes at a time when US President Donald Trump has targeted the BRICS countries for buying oil from Russia and for what the US President claims is a grouping that challenges the hegemony of the dollar.
| Date | Cities | Event |
| May 14 to May 16, 2015 | Xi'an, Beijing, Shanghai | First official state visit |
| September 3 to September 5, 2016 | Hangzhou | G20 Summit |
| September 3 to September 5, 2017 | Xiamen | 9th BRICS Summit |
| April 27 to April 28, 2018 | Wuhan | First Informal Summit with Xi Jinping |
| June 9 to June 10, 2018 | Qingdao | SCO Summit |
Rajnath Singh in June attended SCO in China
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh had in June attended the Defence Ministers' meeting of the SCO in Qingdao, China, where he refused to sign a document that would have diluted India's stand on terrorism and the Pahalgam terror attack. Because of the divergence on the issue of terrorism, the SCO decided not to issue a joint statement.
After the Pahalgam terror attack, China issued a statement against terror as the US designated The Resistance Front, a proxy of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), as a foreign terrorist organisation for its involvement in the Pahalgam attack.
"China firmly opposes all forms of terrorism and strongly condemns the terrorist attack that occurred on April 22. China calls on regional countries to enhance counterterrorism cooperation and jointly maintain regional security and stability," said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian.
The SCO this time is expected to cover terrorism and regional security along with trade. Moreover, efforts are likely to be made to restore stability and dialogue in India-China relations.
Apart from this, there is also a possibility that PM Modi will have bilateral meetings with Russian President Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the summit.
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