Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa will gather for the ninth BRICS summit. China intends to use the meeting in order to review successes in BRICS cooperation, plan a vision for future development, specify the direction of the BRICS mechanism, and expand cooperation, including with emerging markets and developing countries to forge a “platform for South-South cooperation with international influence.”

dates: 3-5 September 2017

location: Xiamen, Fujian, China