BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia, from Oct 22 to 24 at the invitation of President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying announced here on Friday.
The upcoming summit, the first to be held after the BRICS expansion, has attracted wide attention from the international community, Mao Ning, another Foreign Ministry spokesperson, told a news briefing on the same day.
According to Mao, Xi will attend small- and large-scale leaders’ meetings and the BRICS Plus leaders’ dialogue, and deliver important speeches. Xi will also have in-depth exchanges with leaders of other countries on the current international situation, practical BRICS cooperation, the development of the BRICS mechanism and important issues of common concern.
Mao said that since the inception of BRICS, the member states have been committed to upholding multilateralism and becoming a positive, stabilizing and benevolent force in international affairs.China is ready to work with all parties to ensure the steady and enduring progress of BRICS cooperation, open a new era of unity and self-improvement for the Global South, and jointly promote world peace and development, Mao added.
Earlier, Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged east China’s Anhui Province to apply the new development philosophy on all fronts and leverage its role in multiple national development strategies to write an Anhui chapter in Chinese modernization.
Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made these remarks during an inspection tour in the province from Thursday to Friday.
On Thursday afternoon, Xi inspected Tongcheng City, where he visited Liuchi Alley, a historical cultural site known for a story from the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). The story – of an official and his neighbor both moving back their walls by a meter to resolve their disputes over property boundaries – is an example of neighborhood comity and harmony.
At the site, Xi urged efforts to strengthen the protection of history and culture, develop advanced socialist culture, promote revolutionary culture, and carry forward fine traditional Chinese culture. –The Daily Mail-China Daily news exchange item
