Two way journey: Chinese enterprises move towards "intelligence" and "novelty" in BRICS cooperation
On the morning of the 27th, Yang Ziyang, the person in charge of Fujian Yangzhu New Material Technology Co., Ltd., came to Xiamen International Convention and Exhibition Center to seek more opportunities for cooperation with merchants from BRICS countries.
This new material enterprise, established less than two years ago, utilizes the abundant bamboo resources in the mountainous areas of Fujian to produce bamboo fiber pellet materials, replacing plastic with bamboo. This year, orders from other BRICS countries have exceeded hundreds of millions of yuan, "Yang Ziyang said. More BRICS countries have issued plastic restriction orders, and the application of green, low-carbon and environmentally friendly technologies has broad prospects. Merchants from countries such as India and South Africa have actively contacted and negotiated cooperation.
On May 27th, the 2026 BRICS New Industrial Revolution Partnership Forum opened in Xiamen, with the theme of "Building an Intelligent Manufacturing Ecology to Accelerate the Process of the New Industrial Revolution", attracting representatives from 25 BRICS member countries, partner countries, other developing countries, and relevant international organizations to attend.
Li Lecheng, Minister of Industry and Information Technology of China, said at the opening ceremony of the forum that in recent years, China has accelerated the promotion of new industrialization, deeply implemented intelligent manufacturing projects, and become the world's largest market for intelligent manufacturing applications. The Chinese side looks forward to strengthening exchanges and cooperation with all parties, supporting enterprises and research institutions to share advanced and applicable intelligent manufacturing system solutions, promoting the opening up of more intelligent manufacturing application scenarios, strengthening cooperation in areas such as standards and certification, and enhancing industry docking and talent exchange.
On that day, the independently developed Xingyuan Brain Computer by Shulian (Xiamen) Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. was unveiled at the 2026 BRICS New Industrial Revolution Exhibition. We have jointly established a joint laboratory with the People's Friendship University of Russia and established mechanisms for joint research and development, talent cultivation, school enterprise collaboration, and achievement transformation with multiple universities such as the Belarusian State University. We have developed and launched multiple products for educational evaluation, cognitive training, health monitoring, and other scenarios, "said Wang Weipeng, Chairman of the company.
From January to April this year, Xiamen exported 21.28 billion yuan to other BRICS countries, a year-on-year increase of 4.7%, reaching a new historical high in scale. Meanwhile, more overseas projects are seeking opportunities for cooperation with China.
The scale and technology of China's intelligent industry have attracted global attention, and have a wide range of application scenarios in Arab countries and regions, with broad prospects for cooperation, "said Fahmy, Director of the Arab League Representative Office in China.
As one of the series of activities of the 2026 BRICS New Industrial Revolution Partnership Forum, the offline acceleration activity of the BRICS Cross border Innovation Acceleration Camp was officially launched in Xiamen on May 22, aiming to help overseas scientific and technological innovation projects deepen cooperation with leading enterprises in related industries in China and promote project implementation.
Evelyn Marcelina, CEO of Nusantara Global Innovation Co., Ltd. in Indonesia, attended the event and told reporters that the company is carrying out hospital information system construction business in Indonesia, but has encountered difficulties in artificial intelligence applications and other aspects. I hope to deepen cooperation with Chinese companies in the field of artificial intelligence, such as robotics manufacturing, to create an integrated and collaborative smart hospital system
In recent years, BRICS countries have focused on areas such as intelligent manufacturing, artificial intelligence, green and low-carbon, industrial software, energy electronics, and digital infrastructure, promoting policy coordination, mutual recognition of standards, capacity building, and project docking to facilitate industrial docking, explore cooperation opportunities, and achieve mutual benefit and win-win outcomes.
In 2018, China proposed to jointly build the BRICS New Industrial Revolution Partnership; In 2020, the BRICS New Industrial Revolution Partnership Innovation Base (referred to as the "BRICS Innovation Base") was established in Xiamen.
Since its establishment, the BRICS Innovation Base has held more than 40 "two-way rush" activities such as "China Enterprise BRICS Tour" and "BRICS Enterprise China Tour", carried out more than 90 phases of online and offline talent training, signed a total of 138 cooperation projects, and invested over 62 billion yuan.
More and more Chinese companies have established deep cooperative relationships with other BRICS markets. A Fortune 500 company and Xiamen Xiangyu Group have invested in the construction of a 2.5 million ton per year stainless steel integrated smelting project in Indonesia, organically combining China's technology and market with Indonesia's resource advantages.
This project has been listed as a national strategic project by the Indonesian government, driving import and export trade volume of over 20.8 billion US dollars, directly creating about 12000 jobs for the local area, and forging an international industrial chain of win-win cooperation and 'two-way rush' between China and Indonesia, "said Deng Qidong, Chairman of Xiangyu Group.