Pakistan China Monitoring Desk Islamabad
President Xi Jinping attended Session II of the 18th BRICS Summit and delivered an important statement. President Xi proposed five initiatives for deepening BRICS cooperation:
The open source and inclusive AI initiative.
China will be a pioneer in establishing a BRICS AI open source community, support the cooperation in developing and applying large language models, hold specialized AI seminars and training courses, and build an open
ecosystem for AI.
The trade and investment facilitation initiative.
China proposes to establish a BRICS special economic zone partnership, under which countries can set up an intelligent portal, coordinate policies, and build a new frontier for open development.
In an effort to cultivate new drivers of economic and trade cooperation, China will hold the BRICS Forum on Trade in Services next year.
The digital industry cooperation initiative.
China will push for establishing a BRICS digital ecosystem cloud platform, and conduct digital skills training, technological exchange and industrial alignment, so as to jointly enable the development of the digital economy.
The intelligent manufacturing cooperation initiative.
China stands ready to assist fellow BRICS countries in building smart factories and developing standards and norms, and jointly promote manufacturing transformation and upgrading.
The science and technology talent development initiative.
China proposes to set up a BRICS engineer cultivation alliance for joint development of engineers and mutual recognition of competency standards.
China will launch a BRICS youth exchange program for scientific and technological innovation, so as to cultivate more high-caliber talent.
