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Xi Announces China Will Host 2027 BRICS Summit

By Drooid · Sep 13, 2026, 11:59 AM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

Xi Jinping announced China will chair and host the 19th BRICS Summit in 2027.
He urged BRICS members to reject Cold War thinking and support a Middle East truce.
Xi proposed a BRICS AI-Based New Industrialization Initiative and urged joining the World AI Cooperation Organization.
He pledged China will train young talent from other BRICS states in advanced technology.

History

Historical Context

The BRICS concept traces to Russian FM Yevgeny Primakov’s 1998 call for a multipolar bloc, was formalized at the first leaders’ summit in Yekaterinburg in June 2009 with Brazil, Russia, India and China, and expanded to include South Africa in 2010, giving the group more than a quarter of world GDP. Xi Jinping’s 2027 chairmanship now pushes an AI-based industrialization agenda, echoing the aim of coordinated South-South development.

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Story summary

Xi Jinping announced China will chair and host the 19th BRICS Summit in 2027.
He urged BRICS members to reject Cold War thinking and support a Middle East truce.
Xi proposed a BRICS AI-Based New Industrialization Initiative and urged joining the World AI Cooperation Organization.
He pledged China will train young talent from other BRICS states in advanced technology.

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