On Sunday at the Business Forum of the 9th BRICS Summit in Xiamen, Xi made the same reference, only this time he said BRICS is not a talking shop, but "a task force that gets things done".
China will set aside 500 million yuan ($76 million) for economic and technological cooperation and exchanges among BRICS countries, President Xi Jinping said.
President Xi Jinping (C) and other leaders of BRICS countries pose for a group photo before the 2017 BRICS Summit in Xiamen, Fujian province, Sept 4, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]
President Xi Jinping meets with his South African counterpart Jacob Zuma in Xiamen, Fujian Province, Sept 4, 2017. Zuma is in Xiamen to attend the ninth BRICS summit scheduled for Sept 3-5. [Photo/Xinhua]
