What are the BRICS countries?

BRICS countries refer to Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

The symbol of the BRICS countries is a circle surrounded by the representative colors of the five national flags, which symbolizes the cooperation and unity of the BRICS countries. 20 17,65438 February, BRICS countries were selected as "Top Ten Hot Words in China Media in 2017".

BRIC countries, because it quoted the English initials of Brazil, Russian, Indian, China and South Africa. Because this word is similar to the English word Brick, it is called "bricks". BRICS countries account for 26.46% of the world's total territory and 4 1.93% of the world's total population.

Background of the establishment of BRICS countries

In 200 1 year, Goldman Sachs first put forward the concept of BRIC, which consists of English abbreviations of Brazil, Russian, Indian and China. Because the spelling and pronunciation of "brick" are similar to the English word "brick", China media and scholars translated it into BRICS countries.

From June 5 to 10, 2003, Goldman Sachs published a global economic report entitled "BRIC Dream". The report predicts that by 2050, the world economic structure will be drastically reshuffled, and the six new global economies will become China, the United States, India, Japan, Brazil and Russia. The term BRIC was first put forward by Jim O 'Neill of Goldman Sachs in 200 1 year.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-BRIC countries.