President Xi Jinping's speech at the BRICS Summit

Dear President Putin, Dear Colleagues,

I would like to thank President Putin and the Russian government for organizing this BRICS+ Leaders' Dialogue. I would like to extend a warm welcome to the leaders of all countries attending today's meeting. I am very pleased to meet with new and old friends in Kazan.

The collective rise of the "Global South" is a clear sign of major changes in the world. The common move of the "Global South" countries toward modernization is a major event in world history and an unprecedented feat in the process of human civilization.

At the same time, world peace and development still face severe challenges, and the road to revitalization of the "Global South" is destined to be bumpy.

As the first echelon of the "Global South", we must demonstrate our collective wisdom and strength and shoulder our responsibilities in building a community with a shared future for mankind.

--Adhere to peace and achieve common security. We must be a stabilizing force for peace, strengthen global security governance, and explore solutions to hot issues that address both the symptoms and root causes.

I put forward the Global Security Initiative, which has received positive responses from all parties and has achieved important results in many areas such as maintaining regional stability.

China and Brazil jointly issued the "Six-Point Consensus" and launched the "Friends of Peace" Group on the Ukrainian Crisis together with relevant "Global South" countries. We must promote the easing of the situation as soon as possible and pave the way for a political solution.

In July this year, the Palestinian factions achieved internal reconciliation in Beijing, taking an important step towards peace in the Middle East.

We must continue to promote a comprehensive ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, restart the "two-state solution", and prevent the spread of war in Lebanon. We must not let Palestinians and Lebanese people suffer again.

Revitalize development and achieve universal prosperity. The "Global South" rose for development and prospered because of development.

We must be the backbone of common development, actively participate in and lead the reform of the global economic governance system, and promote the placement of development at the center of the international economic and trade agenda.

In the three years since the Global Development Initiative was proposed, nearly US$20 billion in development funds have been mobilized and more than 1,100 projects have been carried out. The Center of Excellence of the Global Industrial Artificial Intelligence Alliance has recently settled in Shanghai.

China will also establish a global "smart customs" online cooperation platform and a BRICS customs demonstration center. All countries are welcome to actively participate.

Promote civilizations together and achieve diversity and harmony. Diverse civilizations are the true nature of the world.

We must be a force for promoting mutual learning among civilizations, enhance communication and dialogue, and support each other in taking a path of modernization that suits their national conditions.

I put forward the Global Civilization Initiative to promote the construction of a world garden of civilizations where beauty and harmony coexist.

China will take the lead in establishing a "Global South" think tank cooperation alliance to promote cultural exchanges and mutual learning and mutual learning in governance among countries.

Dear colleagues!

The Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee made systematic arrangements for further deepening reform and promoting Chinese-style modernization, which will surely provide more opportunities for the world.

Last month, the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation was successfully held, announcing the 10 partnership actions for China and Africa to jointly promote modernization, which will inject new impetus into the modernization of the "Global South".

No matter how the international situation changes, China always cares about the "Global South" and is rooted in the "Global South".

It supports more countries in the "Global South" to join the BRICS cause as formal members, partner countries, "BRICS+", etc., to gather the tremendous power of the "Global South", and jointly promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.

Thank you everyone!