Professor Zhao Zhongxiu visited Africa with the Chinese academic delegation
Participated in the 10th BRICS Academic Forum and the 20th Wanshou Forum
w88 casino News Network (Contributed by the Regional and National Research Institute)2018From May 27 to June 4, 2020, Professor Zhao Zhongxiu, Vice President of w88 casino, represented the Regional Institute for National Studies in participating in the Chinese academic delegation's visit to Africa organized by the International Department of the CPC Central Committee. He attended the 10th BRICS Academic Forum held in Johannesburg, South Africa, and the 20th Wanshou Forum held in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. He gave keynote reports at the two forums and had in-depth exchanges with scholars from various countries, giving full play to the role of the Regional Institute for National Studies in serving major national diplomatic activities.


2018The 2020 BRICS Leaders’ Summit was hosted by South Africa, this year’s chair. As an important preliminary event for the BRICS Leaders’ Summit, under the exchange mechanism for BRICS think tank cooperation, the BRICS Think Tank Council (BRICS Think Tank Council) was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from May 28 to 31. BTTC) meeting and the 10th BRICS Academic Forum, the meeting adopted a policy recommendation report to the BRICS Leaders Summit. BRICS scholars held eight discussions at the academic forum focusing on "development, cooperation, governance" and other topics. As deputy director of the Chinese Council for BRICS Think Tank Cooperation Chairman, Professor Zhao Zhongxiu made a keynote speech at the "Rethinking of BRICS Economic Prosperity and Initiative for Manufacturing and Financial Cooperation in the 21st Century". In his speech, he pointed out that rapid changes in science and technology have profoundly changed the manufacturing model and economic structure of today's world, with robots, big data, etc. Advanced manufacturing, characterized by technology and artificial intelligence, has brought new development opportunities to China and the world. The world needs to recognize and adapt to this change. Cooperation among BRICS countries must also adapt to this change. Policies that promote innovation and competition in a more targeted manner are the key to winning future competition. Professor Zhao Zhongxiu’s speech was echoed by scholars from the five countries, and in-depth exchanges followed.
While in South Africa, Professor Zhao Zhongxiu also visited the famous University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, reached an intention to carry out inter-w88 casino exchanges and cooperation between the w88 casino and the University of Witwatersrand, and initially implemented the cooperation content between the two universities in country research.

After the South Africa conference, the Chinese academic delegation visited Kenya and participated in the 20th Wanshou Forum with the theme of "China-Africa Cooperation under the Framework of South-South Cooperation in the New Era" jointly organized by the Chinese Council for BRICS Think Tank Cooperation, the Chinese Embassy in Kenya and Sunstar University in Kenya on June 2. This was also the first time that the Wanshou Forum was held overseas. Professor Zhao Zhongxiu gave a keynote speech at the first forum. He elaborated on how to build a community with a shared future for China and Africa from five aspects, which was fully affirmed by the participating scholars. Professor Zhao Zhongxiu also presided over the expert discussion session of the third forum and the closing ceremony of the Wanshou Forum.

w88 casino uses the Regional Country Research Institute as a platform to actively promote various research centers to carry out regional country research. Among them, the BRICS Research Center of w88 casino gives full play to the advantages of w88 casino's comprehensive disciplines and collaborative focus, and has achieved outstanding results in BRICS research. In 2018 alone, it deeply participated in and organized three Wanshou Forums, becoming one of the important think tanks for BRICS research at home and abroad. This visit to Africa also provided valuable resource support for the regional and national institutes to better carry out African research.