(File photo) The increasingly closer economic and trade cooperation among the five BRICS members have endowed their 3 billion people with tangible benefits including more consumption choices, larger entrepreneurship space and better life. The young generations have benefited from investment and startup opportunities created by the cooperation of the bloc comprised of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
(File photo of Chinese Ambassador to Brazil Li Jinzhang) The cooperation between China and Brazil, the biggest developing nation in the eastern and western hemisphere respectively, represents not only a model for collaboration among emerging powers, but also a highlight of BRICS cooperation, said Chinese Ambassador to Brazil Li Jinzhang. Li said so in a signed article published on the People’s Daily on Saturday, one day ahead of the ninth BRICS Summit to be held in Xiamen.
Chinese President Xi Jinping said Sunday the Belt and Road Initiative is not a tool to advance any geopolitical agenda, but a platform for practical cooperation. It is not a foreign aid scheme, but an initiative for interconnected development which calls for extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits, Xi said while delivering a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the BRICS Business Forum scheduled for Sept.
Chinese President Xi Jinping said Sunday BRICS countries should uphold global peace and stability, stressing a vision of common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security. "We BRICS countries are committed to upholding global peace and contributing to the international security order," he said while delivering a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the BRICS Business Forum scheduled for Sept.