JOHANNESBURG, July 20, (GNA/Xinhua) – The
concept of common prosperity and promoting multilateralism is a key part of
China’s contribution to strengthening BRICS cooperation, a South African
research specialist said.
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s vision of
building a community with a shared future for mankind has been widely
appreciated by South African scholars, Yazini April of the Pretoria-based
Africa Institute of South Africa, a research organization, told Xinhua in a
recent interview.
Inclusive growth and shared prosperity are
expected to be the core topics at this year’s BRICS summit, she said.
The 10th BRICS Summit will be held in
Johannesburg from July 25 to 27. Xi will attend the event with leaders of
Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa. Also on the agenda are a business forum
and an informal meeting commemorating the 10th anniversary of the BRICS summit
mechanism.
Calling the 10-year mark a “major
milestone,” April said the bloc has become a flagship, showing that
countries in the South, though from different continents, can get together and
do something sustainable.
China’s contribution, she said, is the
promotion of multilateralism, not only within BRICS but also around the globe
in international affairs.
She hoped that BRICS cooperation could
dovetail with the Belt and Road Initiative so that infrastructure cooperation
and business interactions among BRICS members could get on a faster track.
BRICS countries and other emerging economies
still face challenges posed by poverty and inequality, April said.
“China is a forerunner in terms of
poverty reduction and reduction of inequality,” she said. The concept of
achieving common prosperity will also help bridge the gaps of poverty and
inequality around the world, she added.
GNA