Xi Jinping Attends 15th BRICS Leaders' Meeting

and make an important speech

Emphasizing the BRICS spirit of openness, inclusiveness and win-win cooperation,

Meeting Common Challenges with BRICS Responsibility and Creating a Better Future with BRICS Responsibility

On the morning of August 23, local time, the 15th BRICS leaders' meeting was held at the Sugito Convention Center in Johannesburg. South African President Ramaphosa chaired the meeting. Chinese President Xi Jinping, Brazilian President Lula, Indian Prime Minister Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin (online) attended. Xi Jinping delivered an important speech entitled "unity and cooperation for development, courage to take responsibility for peace. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Xueren

Xinhua News Agency, Johannesburg, 23 Aug (Reporter Ni Siyi Ying Qiang Lu Xiangming) -- on the morning of 23 August local time, the 15th BRICS leaders' meeting was held at the Sugito Conference Center in Johannesburg. South African President Ramaphosa chaired the meeting. Chinese President Xi Jinping, Brazilian President Lula, Indian Prime Minister Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin (online) attended. The leaders of the five countries exchanged in-depth views and reached broad consensus on BRICS cooperation and major international issues of common concern under the theme of "BRICS and Africa: deepening partnership, promoting mutual growth, achieving sustainable development and strengthening inclusive multilateralism.

Xi Jinping delivered an important speech entitled "unity and cooperation for development, courage to take responsibility for peace.

On the morning of August 23, local time, the 15th BRICS leaders' meeting was held at the Sugito Convention Center in Johannesburg. South African President Ramaphosa chaired the meeting. Chinese President Xi Jinping, Brazilian President Lula, Indian Prime Minister Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin (online) attended. This is a group photo taken by the leaders of the five countries during the meeting. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Xueren

Xi Jinping pointed out that at present, the world has entered a new period of turbulence and change, and is undergoing major adjustment, major differentiation, and major reorganization. The BRICS countries are an important force in shaping the international landscape. We independently choose the path of development, jointly defend the right to development, and jointly move towards modernization, which represents the direction of human society and will have a profound impact on the process of world development. Looking back on history, we have always adhered to the BRICS spirit of openness, inclusiveness and win-win cooperation, continuously pushed BRICS cooperation to a new level, helped the development of the five countries, always upheld international fairness and justice, upheld justice on major international and regional issues, and enhanced the voice and influence of emerging market countries and developing countries. The BRICS countries have always been advocates and practitioners of independent foreign policies. On major international issues, they insist on proceeding from the rights and wrongs of the matter itself, speaking fair words and doing business, not trading on principles, not yielding to external pressure, and not being a vassal of other countries. The BRICS countries have broad consensus and common goals. No matter how the international situation changes, the original intention and common aspiration of cooperation will not change.

Xi Jinping stressed that BRICS cooperation is at a critical stage of carrying on the past and opening up the future. We should grasp the general trend, lead the direction, stick to the original intention of unity and self-improvement, strengthen cooperation in various fields, promote high-quality partnership, promote the development of global governance reform in a more just and reasonable direction, and inject more certainty, stability and positive energy into the world.

We should deepen economic, trade and financial cooperation to help economic development. Development is an inalienable right of all countries, not the "patent" of a few countries ". The BRICS countries should be peers on the road to development and revitalization, and oppose "decoupling and chain-breaking" and economic coercion. We should focus on practical cooperation, especially in the fields of digital economy, green development and supply chain. China will set up a "China-BRICS New Era Science and Technology Innovation Incubation Park" and explore the establishment of a "BRICS Global Remote Sensing Satellite Data and Application Cooperation Platform" to provide data support for the development of agriculture, ecology, disaster reduction and other fields in various countries. China is willing to work with all parties to jointly build the "BRICS Sustainable Industrial Exchange and Cooperation Mechanism" to provide a platform for industrial docking and project cooperation for the implementation of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

We should expand political and security cooperation and maintain peace and tranquility. The people of all countries look forward to a good security environment. International security is indivisible, and seeking one's own absolute security at the expense of the interests of other countries will eventually hurt one's own. The BRICS countries should adhere to the general direction of peaceful development, support each other on issues involving each other's core interests, strengthen coordination on major international and regional issues, actively mediate hot issues, promote political solutions, and cool down hot issues. It is necessary to further expand artificial intelligence cooperation, strengthen information exchange and technical cooperation, jointly do a good job in risk prevention, promote the establishment of an international mechanism with universal participation, form a governance framework and standards with broad consensus, and constantly improve the safety, reliability, controllability and fairness of artificial intelligence technology.

We should strengthen people-to-people exchanges and promote mutual learning among civilizations. The diversity of civilizations and the diversity of development paths are what the world should look like. Human history does not end with one civilization, one system. The BRICS countries should carry forward the spirit of accepting all rivers, advocate peaceful coexistence and harmonious coexistence of different civilizations, respect the modernization path independently chosen by all countries, and oppose ideological confrontation, institutional confrontation, and "clash of civilizations". China suggests that the BRICS countries broaden cooperation in the field of education, give full play to the role of vocational education alliances, explore the establishment of digital education cooperation mechanisms, and at the same time strengthen traditional cultural exchanges and promote the inheritance and innovation of excellent traditional culture.

We must uphold fairness and justice and improve global governance. Strengthening global governance is the right choice for the international community to share development opportunities and respond to global challenges. International rules should be written and maintained jointly by all in accordance with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and no one with thick arms and loud voices should have the final say, let alone gang up and package their own "family laws and regulations" into international rules. The BRICS countries should practice true multilateralism, safeguard the international system with the United Nations at its core, support and strengthen the multilateral trading system with the World Trade Organization at its core, and oppose the establishment of "small circles" and "small groups". We should give full play to the role of the New Development Bank, promote the reform of the international financial and monetary system, and enhance the representation and voice of developing countries. We should uphold the BRICS spirit of openness, inclusiveness and win-win cooperation, make good use of BRICS cooperation, accelerate the process of expansion, allow more countries to join the BRICS family, pool wisdom and strength, and promote the development of global governance in a more just and reasonable direction.

Xi Jinping finally emphasized that the BRICS cause upholds international morality and benefits the people of the five countries. It will surely move forward steadily and make greater contributions to the promotion of world peace and development. China is willing to work with BRICS partners to uphold the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind, strengthen strategic partnerships, deepen cooperation in various fields, meet common challenges with BRICS responsibilities, create a better future with BRICS responsibilities, and jointly sail to the other side of modernization!

Ramaphosa, Lula, Putin and Modi spoke highly of the positive progress made in the BRICS cooperation mechanism. All parties believe that due to the impact of geopolitical conflicts and world economic difficulties, emerging market countries and developing countries are facing increasingly serious challenges such as poverty, inequality, and inequality, and there is a long way to go to achieve the sustainable development goals. The BRICS countries are committed to deepening their strategic partnership and promoting global peace, stability and equitable development. More than 20 countries have applied to join the BRICS, fully demonstrating the vitality, attractiveness and strategic value of the BRICS cooperation mechanism in international affairs. The BRICS countries should strengthen unity, continue to uphold the spirit of openness, inclusiveness and win-win cooperation, accelerate the process of BRICS expansion, promote the reform of the global governance system in a more inclusive, equitable and reasonable direction, revitalize and reform the multilateral system, and promote the process of world multipolarization, so as to make it more in line with the interests of developing countries representing the majority of the world's people. The BRICS countries should support each other on issues involving each other's core interests and respect each country's independent choice of modernization path that suits its own national conditions. The international financial system should not become a tool for geopolitical competition. We should accelerate the reform of the international financial and monetary system, increase the representation and voice of emerging market countries and developing countries, and promote sustainable development and inclusive growth for the benefit of the five countries. People in developing countries.

During the meeting, the leaders of the five countries also listened to the work report of the heads of the relevant mechanisms of the BRICS countries and took a group photo.

Cai Qi, Wang Yi and others participated in the above activities.