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Editor's Note:

"Promoting sustainable development," "opposing unilateral trade measures," and "upholding multilateralism" have emerged as some of the key words at the just-concluded 17th BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The international community closely watched the summit, viewing the expanded BRICS as gaining greater weight and influence, and believing that the enlarged grouping will be better positioned to uphold multilateralism and push for improving global governance.

The world today is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century, presenting both opportunities and challenges for emerging markets and developing countries. In the article "the Role of the BRICS in Building a Global Community of Shared Future" included in volume III of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China, President Xi noted, "We BRICS countries need to keep abreast of the historical trend, seize development opportunities, jointly meet challenges, and play a constructive role in building a new model of international relations and a global community of shared future."

In October 2024, at the 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia, President Xi delivered a speech, emphasizing "It is for our shared pursuit and for the overarching trend of peace and development that we BRICS countries have come together." "The more tumultuous our times become, the more we must stand firm at the forefront, exhibiting tenacity, demonstrating the audacity to pioneer and displaying the wisdom to adapt. We must work together to build BRICS into a primary channel for strengthening solidarity and cooperation among Global South nations and a vanguard for advancing global governance reform." 

In the eighth installment of the special series "Decoding the Book of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China," the Global Times, along with People's Daily Overseas Edition, explores the theme: "Combining the great strength of the Global South to build together a community with a shared future for mankind." We continue to invite Chinese and foreign scholars, translators of Xi's works, practitioners with firsthand experience, and international readers to discuss China's theoretical innovations and practical contributions within the BRICS framework and Global South cooperation, and to collectively answer the question of our times: "How does the Chinese model and wisdom empower multilateralism, global governance and sci-tech and innovation cooperation among the Global South?"

Here are the stories:

1. Scholars' Perspectives: Global South is taking the global center stage with an unstoppable momentum

2. Translators' Voices: Moral framing becomes a key lever of China's geo-economic influence 

3. Practitioner's Insights: Rooting friendship in South America - China, Brazil establish benchmark for Global South cooperation

4. Readers' Reflections: Building BRICS into a primary channel for strengthening solidarity and cooperation among Global South nations: Egyptian scholar