Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday proposed five initiatives to deepen cooperation among BRICS countries, with majority of them focused on artificial intelligence, digital industries, intelligent manufacturing and science and technology talent, as China prepares to take over the BRICS chairship next year.
The proposals signal a strong technology and industrial cooperation push under China’s incoming BRICS presidency, with Beijing seeking to build platforms for sharing technology, developing skills, upgrading manufacturing and expanding the digital economy across the grouping. Xi’s proposals put AI and digitalisation at the centre of the bloc’s efforts to strengthen industrial and supply-chain cooperation and build a more integrated market.
