Sharing community spirit

At the invitation of his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, President Xi Jinping will attend the seventh BRICS summit and the 15th meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which are to be held in Ufa, Russia, next week.

Since their foreign ministers first met in 2006, the BRICS countries have evolved into an important platform for communication and dialogue among developing countries on economic, financial and development issues and acted as an important element in driving global economic growth, promoting better governance and strengthening multilateralism and the democratization of international relations.

With an open, inclusive, cooperative and win-win approach, the pragmatic cooperative partnership among the BRICS countries will continue to make steps forward, especially under the push of their accelerated efforts to set up a BRICS development bank and an emergency reserve arrangement. The further steps toward consolidating the two facilities that can be expected during the meeting in Ufa will create a closer, firmer and more comprehensive partnership among the BRICS countries.