Although the theme of the 9th BRICS Summit is "A Stronger Partnership for a Brighter Future", there is likely to be some underlying tension among the five member states when they meet in Xiamen, East China's Fujian province, from Sept 3 to 5.
BRICS countries will discuss the potential of establishing free zones in member countries during the summit to be held in September, head of the think tank with the nation's top economic regulator said.
A government delegation from Brazil’s Bahia state visited Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital on Thursday to discuss health cooperation with China’s major hospitals.
With the ninth BRICS Summit to open in Xiamen, Fujian province, Where Has Time Gone?, the first movie coproduced by five BRICS countries, will be showcased at the summit, giving an insight of cinematic cultures and customs.
The 9th BRICS Summit, which opens in Xiamen, East China's Fujian province, within a week, is being held at a time when the group's circumstances and the international situation both are quite different from those in 2009, when the BRIC grouping officially came into being in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
China assumed the BRICS' chair on Jan 1, 2017, and will play host to the upcoming 9th BRICS Summit. The year of China's chairmanship also marks the beginning of the second decade of BRICS cooperation.
