ki te whiti i raro nei, ka whakahoki i te pātai i muri i roto i te reo ano rite te whiti: Passage: I muri hui ā-tau o te rōpū Shanghai Five puta i roto i Almaty, Kazakhstan i roto i 1998, i roto i Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan i roto i 1999, a i Dushanbe, Tajikistan i roto i 2000. I te hui Dushanbe, whakaae mema ki "te tu atu ki te whakauru i roto i te tahi atu whenua'mahi ā-roto i runga i te faaiteraa o te 'tangata' me te 'te tiaki i te tika tangata;' me te tautoko i te kaha o tetahi ki tetahi i roto i te tiaki i te motuhake motu o te whenua e rima, rangatiratanga, rangatiratanga rohe, me te pūmautanga pāpori. "I roto i te 2001, hoki te hui ā-tau ki Shanghai. reira te rima whenua mema tuatahi whakaae Uzbekistan i roto i te Shanghai Five tikanga (i reira te huri i te reira ki te Shanghai ono). Na ka katoa o nga rangatira e ono o te kāwanatanga i runga i 15 Pipiri 2001 te Whakapuakanga o te Shanghai Mahi Organization, na te tākaro i
15 o Hune 2001