Diplomacy
Xi Unveils Five Initiatives For Stronger BRICS
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Chinese President Xi Jinping has introduced five key initiatives covering artificial intelligence, trade, digital industry, smart manufacturing, and talent development during the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi.
- Chinese President Xi Jinping unveiled five initiatives covering artificial intelligence, trade and investment facilitation, digital industry, smart manufacturing, and talent development at the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi on September 13.
- Xi stressed that deeper co-operation and a stronger foundation are essential for the expanded BRICS grouping to achieve greater progress and bolster the collective strength of the Global South.
- China will pioneer a BRICS AI open source community, support large language models, host specialized AI seminars, and build an open AI ecosystem.
- Xi proposed a BRICS special economic zone partnership and announced that China will host the BRICS Forum on Trade in Services next year.
- China plans to push for a BRICS digital ecosystem cloud platform, conduct digital skills training, and assist member countries in building smart factories.
- Xi proposed a BRICS engineer cultivation alliance and a youth exchange programme for scientific and technological innovation to develop high-calibre talent.
- Liu Ying, a researcher at Renmin University of China, noted that the five initiatives respond to the shared development needs of BRICS and the wider Global South as the bloc enters its next golden decade.
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