The BRICS cooperation mechanism serves as a vital platform for emerging market countries and developing nations to enhance solidarity, cooperation, and protect their common interests. Over the years, President Xi Jinping has focused on the long-term development of partnerships among BRICS nations, striving to deepen and solidify the BRICS cooperation mechanism.
In recent years, China, alongside its BRICS partners, has promoted practical cooperation across various sectors, including trade, finance, technology, agriculture, industry, and green energy. This collaborative effort has expanded the opportunities within BRICS cooperation, injecting robust momentum into the shared prosperity of countries in the Global South.
One significant project is the New Development Bank (NDB), headquartered in Shanghai’s Expo Park. Captured in an aerial shot taken on June 17, 2022, the NDB is a flagship initiative personally championed by President Xi. As the first multilateral development bank established entirely by emerging economies and developing countries, the NDB provides crucial financial support for infrastructure projects, clean energy, environmental protection, and digital infrastructure within BRICS nations.
Another noteworthy example is the BRICS Merchandise and Services Center in Xiamen, where an image taken on June 23, 2022, showcases a display of goods. This center integrates trade cooperation with cross-border e-commerce, promoting high-quality products from BRICS countries to the Chinese market through various online and offline sales channels.
In Cape Town, South Africa, a Chinese engineer was seen guiding local employees on a Hisense television production line at the Hisense Industrial Park, as shown in photos from August 14, 2024. This industrial park has created over a thousand direct jobs and more than five thousand indirect jobs, contributing to the local industrial chain.
On February 2, 2024, a demonstration of a Chinese-manufactured agricultural machine at the China-Brazil Agricultural Mechanization Cooperation Demonstration Farm in Apodi, Brazil, drew crowds. This initiative aims to bolster agricultural production in Brazil and assist smallholder farmers in poverty alleviation and rural revitalization.
The Heihe-Blagoveshchensk road bridge, captured in a drone photo on August 11, 2023, marks a significant connectivity milestone between China and Russia. Officially opened on June 10, 2022, it serves as the first road bridge across the Heilong River, creating a new international transport route between Northeast China and Russia’s Far East.
Additionally, financing from the NDB has supported the metro project in northern Mumbai, India, with operations beginning in April 2022. An image from June 22, 2022, shows one of the metro trains in operation, helping alleviate urban traffic congestion in the area.
At the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Beijing on September 15, 2024, exhibitors from Iran engaged with Chinese participants, highlighting a 15.2% increase in China’s exports to Iran in the first quarter of 2024, showcasing the growing trade relations.
Furthermore, the Maktoum Solar Park project in Dubai, UAE, as seen in a drone photo from September 2, 2024, represents key collaboration under the green Silk Road initiative, with all generating units connected to the grid and operational since February of that year.
The new central business district in Egypt’s new administrative capital, captured in a drone photo on August 31, 2024, is a vital project within Egypt’s national revitalization plan and a central part of the China-Egypt Belt and Road Initiative.
A glimpse into the coffee cultivation in Ethiopia’s Oromia region shows farmer Hussein Mohammed harvesting coffee beans, while a barista named Peng Jie prepares coffee drinks at a café in Changsha, China. With China opening its doors wider and coffee consumption soaring, Ethiopian coffee has gained significant popularity in the Chinese market.
Through mutual achievements and cooperation, China is committed to working with BRICS partners, upholding the spirit of openness and collaboration, and remaining steadfast in unity and resilience. Together, they will continue to craft a remarkable narrative of shared development.
