Brazilian diplomat hails role of China

China's strong economic growth allows it to play an important role in the BRICS, and its experience in development provides valuable lessons, said Marcos Caramuru de Paiva, the Brazilian ambassador to China.

China's economy grew by 6.9 percent in the first half of this year, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed. Earlier this year, the government set a target for the economy to grow at about 6.5 percent.

Caramuru, who has been living in China for 9 years, said the country has strongly encouraged entrepreneurship and is constantly searching for new developments, "either in terms of technology or in terms of improvement in the capacity of different sectors of industry".