BEIJING, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday attended the opening ceremony of the BRICS Business Forum in virtual format.
BEIJING, June 22 (Xinhua) -- The agenda of the upcoming 14th BRICS Summit and other related events will help the world refocus on development, observers said. The summit will be held under the theme of "Foster High-quality BRICS Partnership, Usher in a New Era for Global Development.
BRICS Photo: brics-russia2020.ru BRICS countries Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, accounting for more than 40 percent of the world's population and 20 percent of global GDP and producing more than one-third of global cereal production, are well-placed to take a leadership role in helping eradicate global hunger and poverty by 2030, and developing countries around the world looked to the successes of BRICS countries in economic development over the past few decades, Carlos Watson, the Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in China, told the Global Times in an exclusive interview ahead of the virtual 14th BRICS Summit in Beijing on Thursday.
With the 14th BRICS Summit to be held on Thursday, business representatives from the bloc of emerging markets have high hopes for the multilateral mechanism to play a significant role in strengthening cooperation not only among its members, particularly trade with Russia and China-India trade, but also the broader developing world amid growing global uncertainties and challenges. Industry observers said that the mechanism, against the backdrop of rising geopolitical tensions and growing disruptions caused by US hegemony, could create growth momentum for a post-pandemic recovery in the developing world, and strengthen pragmatic cooperation in such sectors as energy, raw materials and vehicles.
