[Explanation] The BRICS New Industrial Revolution Partnership Innovation Base was inaugurated in Xiamen, Fujian on September 7. More than 350 political, business and academic guests from China, Russia, India, and Brazil witnessed this through a combination of online and offline methods. important moment.

　　[Explanation] In December last year, the establishment of the BRICS New Industrial Revolution Partnership Innovation Base was officially launched in Xiamen.

In the past year, Xiamen has successively released two batches of 60 key task lists, built 7 empowering platforms in the field of the new industrial revolution, and launched the first batch of 39 demonstration benchmark projects in the field of the new industrial revolution. Into the fast lane.

　　[Concurrent] Fan Tianyang, Science and Technology Counselor, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Brazil in China

　　The establishment of the BRICS Innovation Base is a great opportunity for our Brazilian scientific research institutions and companies. First of all, it allows us to connect with China, strengthen cooperation between BRICS countries, and find the best opportunity to do projects together. But most importantly, I think this is an opportunity to understand and learn from each other.

　　[Explanation] On the same day, a total of 28 projects highlighting the quality of the BRICS with a total investment of up to 13.404 billion yuan signed contracts with the BRICS New Industrial Revolution Partnership Innovation Base.

Ke Yujing, who came to the conference, was one of the signing representatives. His Skolkovo Innovation Center in Russia focused on information technology, biomedical technology, energy efficiency and Industry 4.0. Ke Yujing and Xiamen Torch High-tech Zone reached a "Memorandum of Cooperation" on the spot. He expects that the two countries will be as close as brothers in the cooperation of Industry 4.0.

　　[Concurrent] Ke Yujing, representative of Skolkovo Innovation Center, Russian Federation

　　This is the area we are most interested in, because we also have a lot of research results in the field of Industry 4.0, so I think that we and the Xiamen BRICS Innovation Base are complementary. We think Xiamen is very attractive for many industries to enter the Chinese market. , Xiamen is basically the geographic center of China’s coastline, with convenient logistics.

Therefore, I believe that this BRICS innovation base will develop very well in the future, and we are also happy to contribute our strength to the development of the base.

　　[Explanation] From January to July this year, the number of newly established enterprises in Xiamen from the four BRIC countries was three times that of the same period in the previous year. The shipping routes, air flights and China-Europe freight trains between Xiamen and the BRIC countries operated steadily, and the container throughput increased by 65% ​​year-on-year. .

It has also achieved fruitful results in the fields of bulk commodity trading, cross-border e-commerce, logistics and transportation, and international anti-epidemic, showing the vigorous vitality of the BRICS New Industrial Revolution partnership innovation base.

　　[Concurrent] Cai Yingbin, Vice President of Xiamen International Trade Group Co., Ltd.

　　With the continuous deepening of the construction of the BRICS base, we believe that this cooperation will become more and more stable. With the development of the past two years, many new projects are being connected and are also being implemented. I believe that the future will follow The construction of the BRICS base continues to improve, and we can say that more sparks of cooperation are bursting out. Through the strengthening and expansion of this supply chain cake, more economic development opportunities and more room for development will be improved for the people of all countries.

　　[Concurrent] Dakhnovsky Alexei, Commercial Representative of the Russian Federation in China

　　I do not have data on investment and trade between BRICS countries, but I believe that even if the data may decline due to the epidemic, what is certain is that we will continue to cooperate in different fields, including the BRICS innovation base, but not only Only for this cooperation, it also includes cooperation in many fields such as industrial trade, logistics and finance.

　　[Commentary] It is reported that this event was co-sponsored by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China, the Chinese Council for BRIC Think Tank Cooperation, the People's Government of Fujian Province, and the People's Government of Xiamen City. Due to the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the signing ceremony was adopted Combining online and offline methods.

The contracted projects belong to a wide range of industries, and cooperation is carried out around new industries and related service fields. The projects involve extensively in the BRICS countries.

　　Li Siyuan and Zhang Tingyu report from Xiamen, Fujian

Editor in charge: [Li Ji]