Oct 15 - 16, 2016

The 8th BRICS summit

Goa, India

President Xi delivers a speech titled "Cement Confidence and Seek Common Development" at the 8th BRICS summit in Goa, India, October 16, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua]

The year of 2016 marked the 10th anniversary since the establishment of the BRICS cooperation. President Xi said that the BRICS cooperation has been gradually consolidated, grown into an international mechanism of major influence and yielded fruitful results. Xi called on the leaders of the BRICS countries to "work together for an open world" and firmly oppose protectionism in all forms.

Xi emphasized that China, as a staunch supporter and participant of the BRICS mechanism, regards the BRICS cooperation as an important direction of its diplomacy.