BRICS Summit: Why Did Xi Jinping Emphasize "Standing Firmly on the Right Side of History"
20 years of BRICS cooperation have driven an upgrade in collaboration among the Global South, deepening coordination in trade, technology, and finance Follow Xi Jinping's summit proposals to see how BRICS is leading a more just and reasonable international order
Xi Jinping returned to Beijing after attending the 18th BRICS Leaders' Meeting. Around this summit, the article interprets the discussion from three aspects: BRICS' 20 years of development, cooperation among the Global South, and future directions for cooperation.
The article reviews the development process of BRICS cooperation from the proposal of the concept, to the formation of the mechanism, and then to its continued expansion, and points out that BRICS countries have strengthened coordination and cooperation in responding to challenges such as the international financial crisis, the COVID19 pandemic, and climate change, promoting the continued deepening of cooperation in areas such as trade, investment, finance, and science and technology.
The article also mentions that at the summit, Xi Jinping stressed that BRICS countries should firmly stand on the right side of history and promote the international order to develop in a more just and reasonable direction, and put forward a number of initiatives on issues such as artificial intelligence governance, trade and investment facilitation, the digital industry, intelligent manufacturing, and cultivating talent in science and technology.