BRICS moving toward a brighter future

Editor's note: With "A Stronger Partnership for a Brighter Future" as its theme, the ongoing 9th BRICS Summit in Xiamen, East China's Fujian province, holds a lot of promise for not only consolidating the economic integration of its five member states, but also better global governance. Three experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Cui Shoufeng. Excerpts follow:

'BRICS Plus' a new mechanism in time

As a multinational body comprising five major emerging economies, BRICS is catching up fast in terms of global governance. Its member states - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - have a cumulative population of nearly 3 billion, or 40 percent of the world's total. And on the economic front, BRICS is expected to contribute to 60 percent of global growth in the years to come.