Turning vision into reality

President Xi Jinping's speech "Turn our vision into reality" at the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Thursday has revealed outstanding features of the new industrial revolution, offered valuable proposals on future cooperation among the BRICS members, and pointed out how BRICS can play a bigger role in the adjustment of the global governance system.

The prospects of BRICS in the next 10 years largely hinges on whether they will be able to consolidate the foundation of their partnership - pragmatic cooperation - in the face of a new round of revolution in technology and industry that has been reshaping the mode of production and the way people live. The BRICS members must carefully plan and carry out their cooperation so as to seize the initiative in this technological revolution.

China has always been an active supporter and leader in promoting BRICS cooperation. It promoted the drawing up and implementation of the first action plan for BRICS cooperation on innovation set out at the BRICS Summit in Xiamen in September last year.