CHINESE President Xi Jinping on Wednesday called on BRICS countries to work for high quality development of greater BRICS cooperation.

In a speech addressing the 16th BRICS Summit, Xi said the ongoing BRICS summit has decided to invite a number of nations to become partner countries. He hailed the decision as another important development in the course of BRICS development.

VICE-SENIOR General Soe Win criticized the political landscape of the world as proving hegemony, contending between multilateralism and unilateralism and staging proxy governments.

GUANGDONG Province, a powerhouse of China’s economy, has reported a new record in its foreign trade for the first three quarters of the year, with imports and exports reaching 6.75 trillion yuan (about US$951 billion), a year-on-year increase of 11.1 per cent.