The 2025 BRICS summit is the seventeenth annual BRICS summit, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 6th –7th July 2025, hosted leaders from the expanded BRICS bloc—including South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa and Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed—to strengthen ties across the Global South. At the summit, African leaders emphasized the continent’s critical role in shaping BRICS priorities, calling for deeper collaboration on trade, infrastructure, green energy, and intra-African market gr

How did the BRICS form and develop? BRICS is a grouping acronym referring to the initials of the five emerging national economies – namely, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The name of the association evolved from the term BRIC coined by Jim O’Neill from Goldman Sachs in 2001. O’Neill wanted to signal that much of the world’s economic growth would soon be generated by Brazil, Russia, India and China. In 2009, leaders from the four countries held their first meeting in Russia and vo

What does BRICS cooperation mean for the world? BRICS is considered pivotal by playing a more important role in global society. This is as developing nations aspire to join the group to realize common development and prosperity. The bloc's New Development Bank is currently financing 99 projects worth 34 billion U.S. dollars. | CGTN Africa

The 17th BRICS Summit is set to take place from July 6 to 7 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. New momentum is building around the intersection of China's Belt and Road Initiative and the BRICS economic framework – a true formula for global opportunity. Seizing this moment, Deng Yahui, from Hangzhou, has launched HomieLive to open new doors for Chinese brands going global. With BRICS cooperation expanding, Chinese youths are taking bold steps toward global talent exchanges and cross-border innovation. C