BEIJING, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping Thursday made five proposals for BRICS practical cooperation as he addressed the 13th BRICS summit via video link.
Under the current circumstances, it is important for BRICS countries to stay resolved, strengthen unity and further enhance the quality of practical cooperation, Xi said, before putting forth the following five proposals:
-- Strengthen public health cooperation in the spirit of solidarity;
-- Strengthen international cooperation on vaccines in the spirit of equitable access for all;
-- Strengthen economic cooperation in the spirit of mutual benefit;
-- Strengthen political and security cooperation in the spirit of fairness and justice;
-- Strengthen people-to-people exchanges in the spirit of mutual learning.
Xi offered China's proposals on promoting pragmatic cooperation among the BRICS countries.
He said China proposes to hold a forum on the development of industrial Internet and digital manufacturing, a BRICS high-level meeting on climate change and a BRICS forum on big data for sustainable development.
China will host the BRICS seminar on governance and the BRICS forum on people-to-people and cultural exchanges, and open an online training course for media professionals of the five countries, Xi said.
China also suggests setting up a BRICS alliance for vocational education to organize vocational skills competitions, Xi added.
