China hosts 1st BRICS media summit BRICS

China took the initiative to create a media platform for the emerging economies by hosting the 1stmedia summit of countries Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (BRICS).

Objective:

To build a new institutional framework that would benefit the media of five emerging economies, which have deep linkages with the Global South.

Key points:

• Participants:25 media organisations
• China’s Xinhua news agency is the initiator of the project in collaboration with The Hindu group of publications, the Brazil Communication Company, Russia Today International News Agency, and South Africa’s Independent Media.
• The formation of a cooperation office for BRICS Media Summit that will become an executive body responsible for the daily contact of the committee members and the organisation and coordination of the Summit.