Dr.JoséRicardoontheimportanceofBRICSmechanisminpromotingmultilateralismandfacilitatingcooperationamongemergingeconomies_GuangmingOnlineDr.JoséRicardoontheimportanceofBRICSmechanisminpromotingmultilateralismandfacilitatingcooperationamongemergingeconomiesInterviewSeries:CommunitywithaSharedFutureforMankindEP06:Dr.JoséRicardoontheimportanceofBRICSmechanisminpromotingmultilateralismandfacilitatingcooperationamongemergingeconomiesOvertheyears,Chinahasadheredtotheprincipleofextensiveconsultation,jointcontributionandsharedbenefitsbyupholdingandpracticingtruemultilateralismthroughvariousefforts,amongwhich,BRICShasstoodoutasashiningexample.SincetheinceptionofBRICS,anewmodelhasbeenforgedformultilateralism,showingtheworldtowardsanewpathofbuildingacommunitywithasharedfutureformankind.Today,wehaveinvitedDr.JoséRicardodosSantoLuzJunior,Co-ChairmanandCEOofLIDEChina,agroupthatcontributestodeepeningeconomicrelationsbetweenChinaandBrazil,tosharehisviewsonhowtheBRICSmechanismishelpingtopromotemultilateralismandfacilitateglobalcooperationamongemergingeconomies.Q1:Hi,Dr.Ricardo,let’sstartthediscussionwiththeterm“multilateralism”,whichhasbeenstressedveryhardbytheBRICSmechanism.Howdoyouthinkithelpswithglobaldevelopment,andhowdoyouthinkitappliestotheworldasitentersintoanewera?JoséRicardodosSantoLuzJunior:BRICS,whichisaninitiativeofaglobaldevelopmentinanewera.Thisglobaldevelopmentinaneweracanonlybeachievedthroughmaintainingmultilateralismandexpandingthedialoguebetweencountries.TheBRICSmechanismbetweenBrazil,Russia,India,ChinaandSouthAfrica,whichisresponsiblefor42%oftheglobalpopulationandroughlyspeakingabout25%oftheglobalGDPshowstheimportanceofthesecountriesintermsofthisnewgovernance.Weneedtohavemorevoices.Q2:Thankyou,Dr.Ricardo.AstheBRICScountriesandmanyotheremergingeconomiesseektoraisetheirvoicesontheglobalstage,whatdoyouthinkhelpstobringthemtogethertoformajointeffort?JoséRicardodosSantoLuzJunior:TheBRICScountrieshaveseveralthingsincommonandthatcanbeshownthroughtheexchangeinculturalaffairs,theexchangeintermsofthedevelopmentoftechnology,intermsoftheexchangeofhealthinformation.Forexample,duringCOVID,theBRICScountriesexchangedalotofinformationandChina,forexample,donatedalotofequipment,sentseveralteamsofdoctorstoothercountriesinordertohelphumanityfightagainstthiscommonenemy.Q3:Asyouhavementioned,theBRICScountrieshavecooperatedindifferentareasincludinginformation-sharing,culturalexchanges,publichealthaid,andsoforth.Inyourperspective,whatisthebiggestachievementtheBRICSmechanismhavedonesofar?JoséRicardodosSantoLuzJunior:IfImaysaywhatisthegreatestachievementofBRICS,IwouldhighlighttheimportanceoftheNewDevelopmentBank,becausetheNewDevelopmentBankhasbeenofferingloansnotonlyfortheBRICScountries,buttoanycountrywhichneedsthisloaninordertoprovide,forexample,infrastructure,toprovideprojectsinsustainability.TheseloansfromtheNewDevelopmentBankcanbeseenthroughprojectsinseveraldifferentsortofsectors,waterandtreatmentsanitation,electricityprovidedtonon-privilegedpeopleamongotherimportantandkeyprojectswhichhasbeenagaindevelopednotonlyinBrazil,inRussia,India,China,SouthAfrica,butalsotoanyothercountriesinneed.IftheBRICScountriesdonotexistanymore,atleastwewouldsaythataveryfruitfulresultwastheNewDevelopmentBank.Q4:Thankyou,Dr.Ricardo.Formylastquestion,howdoyouthinktheBRICSmechanismismakinganimpactintoday'sworld?JoséRicardodosSantoLuzJunior:TheBRICSnowhasavoicetotheworld.TheBRICSmechanismhasbeenanimportantvoicetoshowotherpeople'smentality,otherpeople'sneeds,otherpeople'sachievements.It'sanothermechanismthathelpstobuildtheimportanceofmultilateralismintheworld.Editor:DisclaimerTheviewsandopinionsexpressedinthisarticlearethoseoftheauthor's,GMW.cnmakesnorepresentationsastoaccuracy,suitability,orvalidityofanyinformationonthissiteandwillnotbeliableforanyerrors,omissions,ordelaysinthisinformation.