The BRICS Seminar on Governance & Cultural Exchange Forum 2025 is held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 30, 2025. [Photo provided to China.org.cn]

The Academy of Contemporary China and World Studies (ACCWS) on Monday released a report titled "Greater BRICS Cooperation: A Pillar of Stability and Progress in a Changing World" at the BRICS Seminar on Governance & Cultural Exchange Forum 2025 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Presented by ACCWS Vice President Sun Jingxin, the report highlights how BRICS has evolved from a concept into a major platform for Global South cooperation and is now entering a new phase of greater BRICS cooperation. 

The study examines the contributions that BRICS has made across areas including political security, economic development, technological innovation, environmental protection and cultural exchange, emphasizing its growing influence on global governance.  

According to the report, the greater BRICS has remained true to its founding mission of openness, inclusiveness and win-win cooperation. Its evolving vision manifests in five key dimensions that continuously enhance the bloc's global influence: boosting growth, pursuing reform, championing inclusiveness, deepening cooperation and advancing sustainability. 

Specifically, "boosting" stands for the greater BRICS' resolve to inject robust impetus into global development, "reformative" signifies a commitment to global governance transformation, "inclusive" demonstrates a commitment to openness and cross-civilization dialogue, "cooperative" exemplifies the modern interpretation of partnership, and "sustainable" shows the focus on long-term progress and future well-being. 

Sun also stressed that as the world navigates unprecedented transformation, the international community — developing countries in particular — expects BRICS to serve three vital roles: as a standard-bearer for collective self-reliance, a trailblazer for Global South interests, and an architect of a more just world order. This leadership, he concluded, will be essential to securing a future marked by peace, stability and sustainable progress.