With the SCO Qingdao summit around the corner, international students from member states have expressed their expectations and good wishes.

The 18th meeting of the Council of Heads of the Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), also known as the SCO Qingdao summit, will be held in the coastal city of Qingdao, Shandong province in June.

The eight member states of SCO are China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, India and Pakistan.

The international students are all from the Qingdao campus of China University of Petroleum, one of the best universities in the field of petroleum related subjects in China.

Santosh from India displays a board in Chinese and Tamil saying "Hello Qingdao" and "Hello SCO" in Qingdao, the host city of the SCO summit, in East China’s Shandong province on May 3, 2018. [Photo/zhongguowangshi.com]

Russian student Zakir (right) and his sister Zaira exhibit boards with Chinese and Russian handwriting saying "Hello Qingdao" and "Hello SCO", in Qingdao, the host city of the SCO summit, which is upcoming in June. [Photo/zhongguowangshi.com]

Kashif from Pakistan shows another board with that message in Chinese and Urdu handwriting. [Photo/zhongguowangshi.com]

The boards of Aamir (right) and Abord from Uzbekistan say hi to the SCO summit in Chinese and Uzbek. [Photo/zhongguowangshi.com]

Ai Mingjiang (right) and An Chen from Tajikistan display boards in Chinese and Tajik saying "Hello Qingdao" and "Hello SCO" in anticipation of the SCO summit to be held in East China's Shandong province in June. [Photo/zhongguowangshi.com]

Irina from Kyrgyzstan has a board in Chinese and Kirghiz looking forward to the summit to be held in June. [Photo/zhongguowangshi.com]

Two more boards greeting the June summit are in Chinese and Kazakh and are offered by Arte (right) and Berlik from Kazakhstan. [Photo/zhongguowangshi.com]