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Unit 1 International Organizations
Text A Regional Growth, Stability, Integration Set for Boost
By Vladimir Norov
Warming up:
1. Do you know any international organizations? What are they?
2. Please introduce one international organization you’re familiar with particulars as to its headquarter, aim, function and structure.
3. List at least 3 abbreviations of the name of international organizations for your classmates to guess the full name.

The China-Central Asia Summit, to be held recently in Xi’an, Shaanxi province, marks an important milestone in the history of the development of relations between China and the statesof Central Asia.
At present, the countries of Central Asia and China maintain a high level of political mutual trust and actively cooperate within the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the Belt and Road Initiative, which was proposed by President Xi Jinping in 2013.
Their cooperation promotes stability in the Central Asia region and contributes to the deepening of regional economic integration. During the summit, the six heads of state will exchange views on deepening cooperation with the creation of a Central Asia-China cooperation mechanism and new transportation and trade corridors.
Over the past 30 years, the volume of trade between China and Central Asia countries has increased more than a hundredfold. At the end of 2022, China’s trade with the countries of Central Asia had increased to $70.2 billion.
Over the past 20 years, China has also been one of the key sources of direct investment in the economies of Central Asia and its total volume of direct investment in the region has approached $40 billion.
For the countries of Central Asia, Chinese capital ?D coupled with new technologies and solutions for agriculture and water management, industry, engineering, transportation and other sectors of the economy ?D is of particular importance.
Over the past