Brics Forum 2023
BRICS countries vow to form closer partnership for global development based on mutual benefit
BRICS countries vowed to form a closer cooperative partnership at a seminar that shares experiences in governance and strengthens cooperation to create a global development pattern that is inclusive, balanced, and coordinated with mutual benefits aiming for common prosperity.
Speaking on this year’s themes “A New Blueprint for BRICS Cooperation, A New Dynamic for Global Development” and “Closer Cultural Ties for Stronger BRICS Partnerships,” more than 200 representatives gathered at the 2023 BRICS Seminar on Governance & Cultural Exchange Forum held in Yangzhou, East China’s Jiangsu Province, and online on Thursday and Friday to brainstorm ideas related to governance and to reach a broad consensus on building high-quality partnerships and deepening and strengthening cooperation among BRICS countries.
Sun Yeli, deputy director of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and minister of the State Council Information Office, delivered a keynote speech via video link at the opening ceremony of the seminar, saying that Chinese modernization is a major achievement of the long-term exploration and practice by the Chinese people under the leadership of the CPC. It has been proved to be a path benefiting both China and the world, which has expanded the options for developing countries to pursue modernization and created a new form of human civilization.
Facing a global economy that is struggling to recover from imbalanced development, global development and governance are at an important stage of transformation, BRICS countries have reached consensus that they should adhere to independence on pursuing modernization and make choices that suit their own development needs based on their own national conditions and culture, to create diversified paths for mankind to realize modernization, said Du Zhanyuan, president of the China International Communications Group, who addressed the seminar at the opening ceremony.
Two new reports on global development and governance – the BRICS in Global Governance: New Role and New Model, and Global Survey: BRICS Cooperation in the New Era of Global Development 2022 – were released by the Academy of Contemporary China and World Studies at the seminar on Thursday.
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