This presentation is about the BRICS Summit of the year 2017 which took place at Xiamen in China.

1. Presented by :
Prashant Chaudhari
3 R (74)

2. Content
• Introduction
• Objectives of BRICS
• Strengths of BRICS
• BRICS 2017
• Participating Leaders
• New Development Bank
• India and BRICS 2017
• Declarations of BRICS 2017
• References

3. What is BRICS ?
• BRICS is an International Political Organization Of
Leading Emerging Economies.
• BRICS Stand For Brazil, Russia, India, China, and
South Africa
• 1st inaugural Summit took place in Yekaterinburg,
Russia on June 16, 2009 by 4 countries namely
Brazil, Russia, India and China.
• Later on in the 3rd Summit South Africa was involved
in the organisation.

4. BRICS SUMMIT
Sr. No. Date Host Country Host Leader
1 16 June 2009 RUSSIA Dmitry Medvedev
2 15 April 2010 BRAZIL Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
3 14 April 2011 CHINA Hu Jintao
4 29 March 2012 INDIA Manmohan Singh
5 26-27 March 2013 SOUTH AFRICA Jacob Zuma
6 14-16 July 2014 BRAZIL Dilma Rousseff
7 8-9 July 2015 RUSSIA Vladimir Putin
8 15-16 October 2016 INDIA Narendra Modi
9 3-5 September 2017 CHINA Xi Jinping

5. Objectives of BRICS
• To achieve regional development.
• To remove the trade barriers.
• Economic development.
• Build up relationships.
• Optimum use of the resources.
• React to terrorism.
• To achieve the goals of New Development Bank.

6. Strengths of BRICS
• BRICS contributes to
around 42 % of the
worlds population.
• Have 25.9 % the worlds
total geographic area.
• By 2050, BRICS
countries expected to
accounts for over 42%
of the world’s
population and 60% of
global GDP.

7. BRICS 2017
• It was the 9th International BRICS summit.
• Took place on 3rd to 5th of September 2017.
• The summit was held in Xiamen, China.
• Hosted by Xi JimPing, President of China.
• 5 guests – Egypt, Mexico, Thailand, Tajikistan and
Guinea.
• Theme of the Summit was “Stronger Partnership for
Brighter Future.”

8. PARTICIPATING LEADERS
1. Michel Temer, President of Brazil
2. Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India
3. Xi Jinping, President of China (Host)
4. Vladimir Putin, President of Russia
5. Jacob Zuma, President of South Africa

9. New Development Bank
• Multilateral Development Bank by the BRICS nations.
• Officially established in 2015.
• Formerly referred to as the BRICS Development Bank.
• Headquarters – Shanghai, China
• President – K.V. Kamath (1st President)
• First regional office - Johannesburg, South Africa.
• Aims to contribute to development plans established nationally
through projects that are socially, environmentally and
economically sustainable.
• planning to give a priority to projects aimed at
developing renewable energy sources.

10. India and BRICS 2017
• A brief discussion of the Doklam Standoff with China.
• India -Russia signed deals worth Rs. 39,000 crores
across multiple sectors.
• India- Russia to carry out feasibility study for Nagpur-
Secundrabad passenger train.
• Talks to speed up work on setting up of BRICS
institutions.
• Role of China in supporting Pakistan.
• Terrorism

11. Declarations of BRICS 2017
• We strongly condemn terrorist attacks which results in
death to innocent Afghan national.
• We support the effort of Afghan National Defence
and Security forces in fighting to terrorist
organisations.
• We deplore all terrorist attacks worldwide including the
attacks in BRICS nations.
• We also strongly deplore the nuclear test conducted
by Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North
Korea).

13. REFERENCES
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9th_BRICS_summit
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee5rmx9UlvQ
• https://google.com/BRICS
• Times Of India Newspaper
• Magazines – INDIA TODAY