BRICS refers to five emerging market countries, namely Brazil, Russian Federation, Indian Federation, China and South Africa, which was initiated by Jim O 'Neill.

BRIC countries, because it quoted the English initials of Brazil, Russian, Indian, China and South Africa. Because the word is similar to the English word Brick, it is called "bricks". BRICS countries account for 26.46% of the world's total territory and 4 1.93% of the world's total population.

200 1 Jim o' neill, chief economist of Goldman Sachs, first put forward the concept of BRIC countries, especially global emerging markets. In 2006, the foreign ministers of Brazil, Russian Federation, Indian and China held their first meeting during the UN General Assembly, which opened the prelude to BRICS cooperation. In June 2009, the BRICS countries held their first meeting in Yekaterinburg, Russia, which raised the BRICS cooperation to the summit level. On 20 1 1 year, South Africa officially joined the BRICS countries, and the BRICS countries expanded to five countries, with the English name named BRICS.

The influence of BRICS countries

Since the establishment of the BRICS cooperation mechanism, the foundation of cooperation has become increasingly solid and the fields have gradually expanded. It has formed a multi-level pragmatic cooperation pattern in dozens of fields, such as economy and trade, finance, science and technology, agriculture, culture, education, health, think tanks and friendship cities. Guided by the * * * meeting, supported by ministerial meetings such as the meeting of senior security representatives and the meeting of foreign ministers. The influence of BRICS cooperation has gone beyond the five countries and become a constructive force to promote world economic growth, improve global governance and promote the democratization of international relations.

In recent years, the influence and attractiveness of the BRICS mechanism have continued to increase. The five countries adhere to fairness and justice, actively promote the reform of the global governance system, and make a BRICS voice on international and regional hot issues, which not only effectively enhances the international discourse power of emerging market countries and developing countries, but also becomes an important platform for promoting South-South cooperation. BRICS cooperation has been recognized by developing countries, and its status and role in multilateral mechanisms such as the United Nations, the G20, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have been continuously improved.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-BRICS countries.