The world is now casting its eyes on Xiamen, the coastal city in China’s Fujian Province, as it will host the ninth BRICS Summit themed “deepening the BRICS partnership and opening up a brighter future” in early September.
A decade has passed since Foreign Ministers from China, Russia, India and Brazil held their first meeting during the UN General Assembly in September 2006. The event is of symbolic significance for the BRICS cooperation mechanism.
The upcoming ninth BRICS Summit in the Chinese coastal city of Xiamen will send a strong signal to the world of the growing significance of developing countries, and that globalizing forces have shifted from western countries to emerging economies, said French expert David Gosset. During a recent interview with Xinhua, Gosset, founder of the Europe-China Forum and the New Silk Road Initiative, said that within less than a decade, the BRICS Summit has evolved into an impactful forum whose importance is proportionate with the growing economic and political weight of its members.
With the 9th annual BRICS summit less than two weeks away, a world-renowned global BRICS expert based in Australia said the member nations are primed to step into the leading position in worldwide leadership.
