本书从国际组织视角，通过对上合组织与其他国际组织的多维比较分析，提炼出上合组织特质，廓清上合组织的方向与目标，并吸取其他国际组织的有益经验，确保上合组织命运共同体建设行稳致远。全书由19名作者撰写，共分九章，第一章，国际组织视域中的上海合作组织（朱杰进、韦进深）；第二章，国际法视域中的上海合作组织（殷敏、冯硕）；第三章，地区主义视域中的上海合作组织（顾炜、陈亚洲）；第四章，上海合作组织与欧亚地区合作组织之比较（李自国、苏畅、李天毅）；第五章，上海合作组织与发展中国家地区合作组织之比较（李亮、罗金、刘艺潼）；第六章，上海合作组织与发达国家地区合作组织之比较（康杰、孙超）；第七章，上海合作组织与诸国际组织的合作和互动（韩璐、高晗迅）；第八章，比较视域中上合组织的成效与经验（肖斌、）；第九章，大变局下上海合作组织的发展方向与前景（邓浩、曾向红）"Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in the Past 20 Years: Development Course and Direction" BRIEF INTRODUCTION “Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in the Past 20 Years: Development Course and Direction”, a Blue Book of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisationcompiledby the National Research Center for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in China (China Center for SCO Studies), is the first foreign language edition of the Blue Book to be published. Taking the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the SCOas a node,the book comprehensively and systematically summarizes the development history, achievements and existing problems of the SCO in the fields of politics, security, economy, humanities, and international cooperation in the past 20 years, and providesan outlookon the future development of SCO. At the same time, the book highlights China’s role and contributions in the two decades of SCO development and its basic strategy towards the SCO. The authors of this book are all senior scholars of SCO studiesin China, withfair arguments, profound analysis and systematic discussions. The book is also an authoritative work on the development of the SCO over the past two decades, which will help relevant departments, academic institutions and readers to better understandthe organisation.