上海合作组织自开展区域金融合作以来，已经取得了一系列明显进展，但相比于贸易领域，上海合作组织在金融领域的合作仍然比较缓慢，金融合作面临着诸多挑战。本文从制度建设、项目融资、金融机构合作以及货币合作四个方面系统地探讨了上海合作组织金融合作的现状，并进一步分析了当前上海合作组织金融合作所面临的挑战和发展潜力。尽管上海合作组织金融合作面临着较多挑战，但是，上合组织金融合作仍具有较大潜力，成员国相邻的地理位置优势、成员国经济的增长潜力以及中国“丝绸之路经济带”战略的实施都为上海合作组织金融合作的深入开展创造了有利条件。
Although the SCO has made a series of notable progressions since starting collaboration in the financial area，they are slow in comparison with those in the trade area and the SCO’s finanical collaboration confronts many challenges. In terms of the four aspects：institutional construction，project financing，collaboration bewteen financial institutions and monetary collaboration，this paper comprehensively probes into the monetary situation of the SCO’s financial collaboration，and further analyses the challenges the SCO’s financial collaboration faces and its potential for development. In spite of relatively many challenges，the SCO’s financial collaboration，its potential for financial collaboration remains relatively great，with member states enjoying the advantages of their geographical positions，the optential of their economic growth and China’s strategy of the “Silk Road Economic Belt” both creating favorable conditions for in-depth progress in the SCO’s financial collaboration.
