China's top customs authority announced Friday that the country's foreign trade with the other four BRICS nations surged by 45.8 percent to reach $59.9 billion in the first quarter of this year.
Chinese President Hu Jintao attended the opening ceremony of the 2011 annual meeting of the Boao Forum for Asia Friday morning.
Int'l monetary system; Discussion of SDRs; Greater supervision; Expanding capacities; Regional turbulence; United Nations reform.
Leaders of the five BRICS nations vowed on Thursday to support reform of the international monetary system and the setting up of a broad-based international reserve currency system.
Russia has repeated its support of the efforts by the bloc of developing countries known as BASIC -- Brazil, South Africa, India and China -- to push forward global climate change negotiations and sustainable development.
Leaders of five BRICS countries, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, released on Thursday a joint document, Sanya Declaration, at the BRICS Leaders Meeting in south China's resort city of Sanya.
Chinese President Hu Jintao met Ukrainian Prime Minister Mikola Azarov in Sanya city of South China's Hainan province Thursday to discuss bilateral ties and issues of common concern.
Leaders of the world's largest emerging economies said Thursday they supported tougher measures to guard against financial instability and backed a look at alternatives to the US dollar as the world's main reserve currency.
Shanghai, an economic hub in eastern China, saw a rapid growth in trade with other BRICS nations.
Chinese President Hu Jintao on Thursday chaired the BRICS Leaders Meeting in south China's resort city of Sanya.
Chinese President Hu Jintao urged BRICS countries to strengthen partnership for common development at the bloc's summit in Sanya on Thursday.
Chinese President Hu Jintao called for joint efforts to maintain world peace and stability at the BRICS summit Thursday morning in Sanya.