国内英语新闻:Chinese president attends BRIC summit in Brasilia

BRASILIA, April 15 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao and the leaders of Brazil, Russia and India met in Brasilia on Thursday to discuss the world economic and financial situation and other important global issues.

This was the second time the four leaders met formally for a summit.

The first summit of Brazil, Russia, India and China, collectively known under their acronym BRIC, convened in Yekaterinburg, Russia, last year.

At the Brasilia summit, leaders of the four countries were to exchange views on major global issues, such as the world economy and financial situation, reform of the international financial system, climate change and cooperation among the four countries, Chinese diplomats said.

China hopes the summit participants could discuss global issues in the spirit of mutual benefit, so as to facilitate the recovery of the world economy, safeguard the four nations' common interests and advance their cooperation, Qin Gang, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman, said at a regular press briefing on April 1.

He said that China always adopted a "positive, pragmatic, open and transparent" attitude toward cooperation with other BRIC nations.

Closer cooperation and exchanges among the four nations would be conducive to increasing the influence of emerging and developing countries, and promoting the development of multilateralism, he said.

As major emerging markets, the BRIC countries account for 42 percent of the world's population and 15 percent of the world's GDP. The BRIC countries have become an important force in the international community, receiving worldwide attention.