Representatives of top Chinese, Russian and Central Asian schools for government officials pledged Tuesday to improve training and innovation of governance.

Chinese State Councilor Ma Kai met with delegates from the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which groups China, Russia, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.

The National School of Administration of China would enhance exchanges and cooperation with counterpart institutes in a bid to learn from each other and share experiences, said Ma, also president of the Chinese school.

The delegates on Tuesday signed a joint statement at a forum that focused on governance innovation and was hosted by the Beijing-based National School of Administration of China on Monday and Tuesday.