Translated by Claude, edited by Sinocism.com

Source: CCTV | Byline: CCTV commentator 央视评论员 | September 14, 2026

On the morning of September 13 local time, President Xi Jinping attended the second-stage meeting of the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi and delivered an important speech titled “Consolidating the Foundation of BRICS Cooperation and Strengthening the Forces of the Global South.” President Xi’s important speech focused on the defining trend of the collective rise of the Global South as a key force driving world multipolarity, directly confronted the real challenges of an international situation marked by intertwined turmoil and change, profoundly explained the value positions that Global South countries must uphold together, and put forward five targeted, practical cooperation initiatives. It received broad approval from attendees and international public opinion.

当地时间9月13日上午，国家主席习近平在新德里出席金砖国家领导人第十八次会晤第二阶段会议，并发表题为《筑牢金砖合作根基 壮大全球南方力量》的重要讲话。习主席的重要讲话，着眼全球南方群体性崛起并成为推动世界多极化的关键动力这一时代大势，直面国际局势变乱交织的现实挑战，深刻阐明全球南方国家要共同坚守的价值立场，针对性提出五项务实合作倡议，获得与会人士和国际舆论的广泛赞同。

President Xi’s important speech and five initiatives charted a practical course for the steady and sustained development of “greater BRICS cooperation” and provided value guidance for the developing world’s efforts to achieve strength through unity. They not only won widespread praise from attending guests but will also greatly inspire Global South countries’ confidence in working together and pursuing self-reliance and strength. Changes unseen in a century are accelerating. The Global South is rising collectively, but the international situation is marked by intertwined turmoil and change, risks and challenges emerge one after another, and unilateralism and double standards continually assault the existing international order. As an important force in the international community for preserving peace and development, Global South countries should firmly seize the historical initiative, pool their collective strength, resolutely defend international rule of law, practice genuine multilateralism, concentrate on common development, jointly respond to diverse security challenges, steadily strengthen the forces of the Global South, play a positive, stabilizing and benevolent role in international affairs, jointly safeguard the common rights and interests of developing countries, and inject stability into a turbulent world.

习主席的重要讲话和五项倡议为“大金砖合作”行稳致远擘画实践路径，为广大发展中国家联合自强提供了价值引领，不仅赢得与会嘉宾普遍赞誉，也必将极大激发起全球南方国家携手合作、自立自强的信心。 当今世界百年变局加速演进，全球南方群体性崛起，但国际局势变乱交织，各类风险挑战层出不穷，单边主义、双重标准不断冲击现有国际秩序。作为国际社会维护和平与发展的重要力量，全球南方国家应牢牢把握历史主动，凝聚集体合力，坚定捍卫国际法治、践行真正多边主义、聚力共同发展、携手应对多元安全挑战，不断壮大全球南方力量，在国际事务中发挥积极、稳定、向善作用，共同守护发展中国家共同权益，为动荡不安的世界注入稳定性。

BRICS countries are the “first echelon” of the Global South. For “greater BRICS” to accomplish great things, its foundation lies in practical cooperation. Drawing on emerging markets and connecting the Global South, BRICS countries can turn the advantages of the BRICS cooperation mechanism into concrete development results only by upholding openness and win-win cooperation, connecting industrial and supply chains, cultivating an integrated major market, activating innovation, and coordinating the upgrading of traditional industries, the expansion of emerging industries and the deployment of future industries.

金砖国家是全球南方的“第一方阵”。“大金砖”要有大作为，根基在务实合作。背靠新兴市场、联结全球南方，金砖国家唯有坚持开放共赢，打通产业链供应链，培育一体化大市场，激活创新动能，统筹传统产业升级、新兴产业壮大、未来产业布局，才能把金砖合作机制优势转化为发展实效。

In his speech, President Xi proposed five cooperation initiatives, building a practical, complete and implementable action plan for deepening BRICS cooperation: the Open Source AI for All Initiative will establish an open-source zone and promote inclusive sharing of technology; the Trade and Investment Facilitation Initiative will create a partnership among special economic zones and tap new growth drivers for trade and the economy through a services-trade forum; the Digital Industry Cooperation Initiative will build a cloud platform and bridge the digital divide; the Intelligent Manufacturing Cooperation Initiative will help countries build smart factories and advance manufacturing transformation and upgrading; and the Sci-Tech Talent Development Initiative will establish an alliance for training engineers, implement a youth sci-tech innovation exchange program, and reinforce the talent foundation. These five initiatives cover five key fields—technology, trade and economics, digital industries, manufacturing and talent—and are mutually connected and progressively reinforcing, forming a complete chain from technological research and development to industrial implementation and talent support. Like his earlier call to strive to be the “Four Pioneers,” President Xi’s five cooperation initiatives fully demonstrate the sentiments of a major-country leader who “takes the people’s hearts as his own and the world’s interests as his own,” pointing the way forward for solidarity and cooperation across the Global South, including among BRICS countries.

习近平主席在讲话中提出五项合作倡议，为深化金砖合作构建了一套务实完整可落地的行动方案：人工智能开源普惠倡议搭建开源专区，推动技术普惠共享；贸易投资便利化倡议打造特殊经济区伙伴关系，以服务贸易论坛挖掘经贸新增长点；数字产业合作倡议搭建云平台，弥合数字鸿沟；智能制造合作倡议助力各国建设智能工厂，推动制造业转型升级；科技育才倡议建立工程师培养联盟，实施青年科创交流计划，夯实人才底座。这五项倡议覆盖技术、经贸、数字、制造、人才五大关键领域，相互衔接、层层递进，构筑起从技术研发到产业落地再到人才支撑的完整链条。习主席提出的这五项合作倡议，与此前提出的争做“四个先锋”一样，充分彰显了习近平主席“以人民之心为心、以天下之利为利”的大国领袖情怀，为包括金砖国家在内的全球南方团结合作，指引了前进方向。

This year is the opening year of China’s 15th Five-Year Plan, and China’s development plan is also a cooperation list for the world. China is sharing the dividends of development with Global South countries through concrete action—continuously advancing high-quality development, expanding high-standard opening up, implementing the Global Development Initiative, and advancing high-quality Belt and Road cooperation.

今年是中国“十五五”开局之年，中国的发展规划同时也是面向世界的合作清单。持续推进高质量发展，扩大高水平对外开放，落实全球发展倡议，推进高质量共建“一带一路”……中国正以实际行动同全球南方国家共享发展红利。

Standing at the historic juncture of the 20th anniversary of BRICS cooperation, the BRICS family must seize the historical initiative, translate consensus into action and blueprints into reality, continue leveraging “greater BRICS” advantages in connecting Global South countries, steadily consolidate the collective strength of developing countries, increase Global South countries’ voice in global governance, continue strengthening the forces of the Global South, jointly write a new chapter for our era of unity and self-strengthening, prosperity and progress, and press on in building a community with a shared future for humanity.

站在金砖国家合作20周年的历史关口，金砖大家庭要把握历史主动，把共识转化为行动，把蓝图变成现实，持续发挥“大金砖”联结全球南方国家的优势，不断凝聚发展中国家集体力量，提升全球南方国家在全球治理中的话语权，持续壮大全球南方力量，共同书写团结自强、繁荣进步的时代新篇章，为推动构建人类命运共同体而接续奋进。

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