On the evening of September 8, President Xi Jinping attended the BRICS Leaders' Online Summit and delivered an important speech, pointing out that, as the first echelon of the world's southern region, BRICS countries must adhere to the spirit of openness, inclusiveness, win-win cooperation, jointly defend multilateralism, safeguard the multilateral trading system, promote "Big BRICS Cooperation", and work together to build a community with a shared future for mankind.

"Adhere to multilateralism and defend international fairness and justice", "Adhere to openness and win-win, and maintain international economic and trade order", "Adhere to unity and cooperation, and gather the joint efforts of common development" - the three suggestions put forward by President Xi Jinping at the summit have aroused strong resonance among people from all walks of life in the BRICS countries.

People from many countries said in an interview with Xinhua News Agency that President Xi Jinping’s important speech deeply understands the trend of the times, demonstrates China’s responsibility as a major country that is not afraid of international changes in the world to promote unity and cooperation between BRICS countries, and points out the direction for BRICS countries to create a better future together, which is of great practical significance under the current international situation.

Adhere to multilateralism and defend international fairness and justice

On September 1, 2025, at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting held in Tianjin, President Xi Jinping solemnly put forward a global governance initiative. In an important speech at the BRICS Leaders' Online Summit on the 8th, President Xi Jinping further pointed out: "History shows that multilateralism is the will of the people and the general trend, and is an important support for world peace and development. I put forward the Global Governance Initiative, aiming to promote all countries to work together to build a more just and reasonable global governance system."

People from all countries said that in the face of changing international situations, China has always defended multilateralism with a clear stand. The global governance initiative proposed by President Xi Jinping hits the nail on the head and provides a fair and sustainable new path for promoting the reform of the global governance system, which will lead the international community to build consensus and enhance cooperation.

"The global governance initiative proposed by President Xi Jinping embodies the concept of peaceful development." Tafazwa Ruzifei, a researcher and economist at the University of Free State in South Africa, said that China faces the prominent problems of the current global governance system, unites and leads the global southern countries, maintains the post-war international order, promotes the transformation of the global governance system, and makes important contributions to the cause of human peace and development.

Oleg Tymofeev, associate professor at the People's Friendship University of Russia, said that the series of global initiatives proposed by President Xi Jinping aim to solve international problems and respond to global challenges, and have gradually become a world consensus. The Global Governance Initiative is the expansion and deepening of the previous three global initiatives. China has always actively carried out international cooperation with a pragmatic attitude and diversified approach, and has continued to contribute to the improvement of the global governance system.

"Adhere to consultation, joint construction and sharing, maintain the international system with the United Nations at its core and the international order based on international law, and consolidate the foundation of multilateralism", "Actively promote the democratization of international relations, and enhance the representativeness and voice of southern countries around the world", "through reform and improvement of the global governance system, fully mobilize resources from all parties, and better respond to the common challenges facing human society."... President Xi Jinping clarified China's propositions in his speech.

Wang Lei, professor at the School of Government Management of Beijing Normal University and director of the BRICS Cooperation Research Center, said that President Xi Jinping’s important speech demonstrates China’s position to resolutely safeguard the post-war international order, firmly defend international fairness and justice, and unswervingly follow the path of peaceful development, and shows that China is willing to promote unity and cooperation between the BRICS countries and the vast number of global southern countries, providing important practical guidance for responding to challenges and building consensus under the current complex and changing international situation.

Baru Demisi, senior adviser to the Ethiopian Policy Institute, said that there are many injustices in the current global governance system, the voices of the global South should be heard more, and the legitimate rights and interests of all countries should be fully protected. In his speech, President Xi Jinping accurately responded to the expectations of all parties to respond to common challenges, demonstrating China's willingness to work with other BRICS countries to firmly promote an equal and orderly world multipolarization, and inject valuable certainty into a world of chaotic intertwining.

Adhere to openness and win-win, and maintain international economic and trade order

"Economic globalization is an unstoppable historical trend. The development of all countries cannot be separated from the international environment of open cooperation, and no one can retreat to a self-enclosed island." In his important speech, President Xi Jinping deeply grasped the general trend of open cooperation, focused on the reality of severe challenges facing world economic development, and pointed out the direction for all countries to work together to meet challenges and promote the prosperity and development of the world economy.

"We must unswervingly promote the construction of an open world economy", "We must maintain the multilateral trading system with the World Trade Organization as the core", "We must advocate universal and inclusive economic globalization"... The important propositions clarified by President Xi Jinping in his speech impressed Hamid Vafae, director of the Center for Asian Studies at the University of Tehran, Iran. He said: "The three 'must' emphasized by President Xi Jinping are strategic beacons for responding to the chaos and point out the path for southern countries around the world to achieve common development and prosperity in open cooperation."

South African economist Sandyle Swana said that the current international economic and trade order is facing serious impacts on protectionism and unilateralism. The three "musts" proposed by President Xi Jinping are right at the right time and injects confidence into global economic development. In promoting the construction of a more just and reasonable international economic and trade order, the BRICS countries play an important role and show strong potential to promote openness, cooperation and sharing.

"In his speech, President Xi Jinping emphasized that allowing southern countries around the world to fairly participate in international cooperation and share the fruits of development has strengthened the confidence of all countries in common development." Jon Mahmodi, an international relations expert at the University of Indonesia, said that as the most important solidarity cooperation platform for emerging market countries and developing countries in the world today, the BRICS cooperation mechanism will continue to provide solid support for southern countries around the world to defend their legitimate development rights.

"President Xi Jinping's speech sends a signal of joint action towards the future." Dia Hermi, Secretary-General of the Egypt-China Chamber of Commerce in Egypt, said, "We must share opportunities fairly under the rules and legal framework of the WTO and promote the realization of inclusive and inclusive economic globalization." He believes that the BRICS countries are pioneers of this concept of fairness and opening up and will play an important role in maintaining the global economic order.

Adhere to unity and cooperation, and gather joint efforts for common development

In his important speech, President Xi Jinping pointed out that the BRICS countries should "adhere to unity and cooperation and gather the joint efforts of common development", guiding the BRICS countries to enhance their confidence in responding to difficulties and challenges through unity and cooperation.

President Xi Jinping emphasized the principle that "the blacksmith must be strong by himself", which deeply touched Yusuf Kabi, a professor at Sharjah University in the United Arab Emirates. He said that unity and cooperation are the strategic choices of the BRICS countries, and it is also the "ballast stone" and "stabilizer" for all parties to work together to deal with the impact of countercurrents. "President Xi Jinping's important speech conveys a core meaning - the more united the BRICS countries are, the more they can move forward steadily in the wave."

The population of BRICS countries accounts for nearly half of the world, the total economic volume accounts for about 30% of the world, and the total trade volume accounts for one-fifth of the world... In his speech, President Xi Jinping described the considerable size and development potential of BRICS countries as "big rich mines", "big factories" and "big markets".

Sudindra Kurkani, former chairman of the Indian think tank Observer Research Foundation, said that President Xi Jinping emphasized the resource advantages and complementary advantages of BRICS countries in multiple fields, which are the key factors in achieving common development. BRICS countries, including India, China, Indonesia and other large population countries, are accelerating towards their respective modernization goals, and their contribution to the world economy has steadily increased. Making good use of these development advantages will inject strong impetus into the rise of the global southern region.

The closer the cooperation between BRICS countries, the more confident they have to deal with external risks and challenges, the more solutions and the better the results. Marcos Pires, director of the Institute of Economics and International Studies at São Paulo State University in Brazil, said that the BRICS cooperation mechanism represents the interests of the vast number of developing countries and requires stable platforms and strong policies to consolidate cooperation and respond to unilateral shocks. The initiative of jointly building the "Belt and Road" and the initiative of global development proposed by President Xi Jinping have effectively promoted the circulation of funds, personnel and technology from all parties, and have achieved tangible cooperation results in the fields of economy, trade, finance, science and technology.

From emphasizing that "a single tree cannot make a forest", to pointing out that the BRICS countries "a fist is a fist", and in this speech, President Xi Jinping repeatedly emphasized the importance of unity and cooperation on the BRICS platform.

Utama, an expert from the Indonesian independent think tank, said that the "Big BRICS cooperation" can help underdeveloped countries reduce risks, provide diversified solutions to solve complex problems, enhance the representation and voice of the global south, and make the foundation for development stronger and more momentum. "President Xi Jinping's metaphor contains important enlightenment: only by carrying out pragmatic cooperation in the spirit of unity can we achieve mutual benefit and win-win results, create more welfare for the people of all countries, and create a better future for the BRICS countries."