Inject more BRICS power into global development
The 14th BRICS Leaders' Meeting is about to be held.
With the theme of "Building High-Quality Partnerships to Create a New Era of Global Development", the meeting emphasized promoting the building of a more comprehensive, close, pragmatic and inclusive BRICS partnership to achieve stronger, greener and healthier global development.
When interviewed by this reporter, a number of international people highly affirmed the achievements of BRICS cooperation and eagerly expected BRICS countries to comprehensively deepen cooperation in various fields and make greater contributions to promoting world peace and development.
"Promoting BRICS cooperation to achieve new results"
At present, the international situation is complex and severe, and the recovery of the world economy is full of uncertainties. As an important cooperation mechanism between emerging markets and developing countries, BRICS countries have become the key to promoting world economic growth, promoting the reform of the global governance system, and maintaining international peace and stability. strength.
David Monyae, director of the Center for African-China Studies at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa, expects the BRICS countries to take advantage of their growing political mutual trust, economic complementarity and broad market, "to help the recovery of the world economy in the post-epidemic era, and to promote the international political and economic order. towards a more just and equitable direction.”
Paul Robert, a researcher at the BRICS Policy Research Center in Brazil, said that since the establishment of the BRICS cooperation mechanism, the results have been continuously implemented and the fields have been continuously expanded. BRICS cooperation continues to achieve new results."
Sergei Sanakoyev, director of the Russian Asia-Pacific Research Center and vice-chairman of the Russia-China Friendship Association, said that the current global development is facing a severe situation, and the upcoming BRICS leaders meeting will become an important platform for brainstorming and brainstorming. It will help improve the BRICS cooperation mechanism, push the world economy out of the predicament, and open a new era of global development.
"BRICS countries are all major developing countries in their regions, and are important forces in the world economy that cannot be ignored, leading regional and even global economic and trade growth." Asi, a professor at the University of Delhi in India, noted that as this year's BRICS presidency China has raised ardent hopes for strengthening BRICS cooperation, emphasizing the need to adhere to mutual benefit and win-win results, strengthen economic cooperation, and expand cooperation in areas such as trade and investment, scientific and technological innovation, and green and low carbon.
He said: "The strengthening of BRICS solidarity and cooperation will inject greater impetus for development into the international community."
"The BRICS cooperation mechanism carries the expectations of emerging market countries and developing countries to promote world peace and development and create a better future." Majid, a senior researcher at the King Faisal Center for Islamic Studies in Saudi Arabia, said that the BRICS countries account for about the world's total population. 42%, the total economic volume of the BRICS countries accounts for about 1/4 of the world's total economic volume. They are a pivotal force on the international stage, capable of leading the global economy to break through the haze of the epidemic, and inject confidence and confidence into the global economy with many uncertainties. power.
"China is an important promoter of the BRICS cooperation mechanism"
From accelerating the construction of the BRICS New Industrial Revolution Partnership to the establishment of the BRICS Vaccine Research and Development Center in China, from leading the establishment of the BRICS Vocational Education Alliance to launching the BRICS Vocational Skills Competition... China is working with all parties to promote BRICS cooperation Continue to take new steps and make new progress.
Since China took over the BRICS presidency this year, it has promoted BRICS cooperation to achieve important results in various fields, laying a solid foundation for the 14th BRICS Leaders' Meeting.
"At a time when the world is facing many uncertainties, it is of great significance for China to assume the presidency of the BRICS again." Sanakoyev said that President Xi Jinping emphasized that China is willing to work with other countries in the world, including the BRICS, to accelerate the We will implement the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, steadily promote the implementation of global development initiatives, and jointly build a global development community.
"China has made important contributions to elevating the BRICS cooperation to a higher level, and we look forward to the BRICS countries to fully discuss and strengthen coordination to promote cooperation in many fields such as finance, economy and trade, scientific and technological innovation, infectious disease prevention and control, and supply chain under the BRICS framework. Take it to a new level."
At present, the global economic recovery is fragile and weak, the development gap is widening, and challenges such as climate change and digital governance are severe.
Monyae spoke highly of China's initiative for the BRICS countries and the international community to meet practical challenges.
"China's presidency of the BRICS countries has added 'BRICS power' to international development cooperation. What is particularly commendable is that China continues to practice the concept of mutual benefit and win-win, and leads the BRICS countries to meet global challenges." He gave an example. , In the field of public health, China is the key for the BRICS countries to respond to the new crown pneumonia epidemic and strengthen South-South cooperation; in the economic field, last year, China's trade volume with Africa and Latin America increased significantly year-on-year, and the BRICS countries' economic cooperation in It has played an important role in promoting the recovery of the global economy; China has also helped developing countries overcome the multiple difficulties they are currently facing through the joint construction of the "Belt and Road".
In March this year, the BRICS Vaccine R&D Center was launched online.
Sha Haili, a professor at the Center for China Studies, School of International Relations, National Islamic University of India, said: "The new crown pneumonia epidemic is still in a pandemic state, and medical and health care is an important area that cannot be ignored. BRICS countries have a responsibility to strengthen exchanges and cooperation in this regard. ."
"China is an important promoter of the BRICS cooperation mechanism. Since taking the presidency, China has made important efforts and contributions to promote more fruitful exchanges and cooperation among member countries." Marcos de Ori, editor-in-chief of Brazil's "Business Herald" Wei said that in recent years, the BRICS countries have achieved remarkable results in cooperation in the fields of economy, trade, innovation, education and sustainable development.
"Brazil and China are both major developing countries, and the cooperation between the two sides in various fields has reached a very high level. I firmly believe that Brazil-China cooperation will continue to flourish under multilateral frameworks such as the BRICS."
Iveta Frolova, a senior expert at the Russian Institute of Strategic Studies, said that the BRICS leaders' meeting will open a new page in the history of international cooperation and make new and important contributions to world peace and development.
Under the BRICS cooperation mechanism, cooperation in various fields such as food security, green economy, and technological innovation has broad prospects and great potential.
"Promoting openness and inclusiveness of BRICS cooperation"
Since its establishment, the BRICS cooperation mechanism has been closely linked with the fate of the vast number of emerging markets and developing countries.
Five years ago, President Xi Jinping proposed the "BRICS+" cooperation model, which has received active support and enthusiastic responses from all parties, enhancing the value of the "BRICS".
This year, China proposed to start the BRICS expansion process, and the BRICS foreign ministers' meeting held not long ago reached an agreement to support the expansion process.
Krittan Bahana, editor-in-chief of South Africa's "Foreign Affairs" magazine, said that the "expansion" of the BRICS not only shows the open and inclusive image of the BRICS countries, but also responds to the expectations of emerging market countries and developing countries, which is conducive to improving the BRICS countries. representativeness and influence, and make greater contributions to world peace and development.
In his view, the BRICS countries will continue to expand their influence and deepen cooperation, and will surely become one of the important forces in promoting world economic growth and improving global governance.
"Argentina has always maintained close ties with the BRICS mechanism and hopes to join the big BRICS family." Patricio Justo, a professor at the Catholic University of Argentina and director of the Argentine-China Research Center, said that the expansion of the BRICS is conducive to promoting South Africa's South-South cooperation creates greater opportunities for the common development of emerging market countries and developing countries.
"Especially in the face of severe challenges such as the epidemic, shortage of energy resources and food security, the world needs cooperation models like 'Golden Transfer+' more than ever."
Frollova said that China's active support for the BRICS countries to start the expansion process has attracted widespread attention from the international community.
"The expansion of BRICS members is not only conducive to promoting the openness and inclusiveness of BRICS cooperation, but also to further enhancing the voice of developing countries through South-South cooperation, and promoting their own prosperity and stability."
Sanakyev said that the BRICS countries pursue an open and inclusive cooperation concept and are attracting more and more countries to participate in it. "This once again proves that President Xi Jinping's major initiative to build a community with a shared future for mankind is correct and timely."
"The 'BRICS+' model enriches the connotation of BRICS cooperation, expands the BRICS global partnership network, and strengthens the solidarity and cooperation between BRICS and other emerging markets and developing countries. The BRICS cooperation mechanism adapts to the world With the development trend of multi-polarization and economic globalization, we expect BRICS countries to make new and greater contributions to the establishment of a more just, equitable, fair and democratic new international political and economic order."
(Reporters Yu Yichun, Yuan Jirong, Li Peisong, Zou Song, Bi Mengying, Chen Yiming, Zhang Guangzheng, Sui Xin, Huang Peizhao, Yao Ming, Beijing, Johannesburg, Rio de Janeiro, Moscow, Cairo, Buenos Aires, June 18.) peak)