BRICS Youth Forum opens in Beijing

Brazil's Foreign Minister Aloysio Nunes, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, South Africa's Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane and Indian Minister of External Affairs Vijay Kumar Singh meet with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi before the opening of the BRICS Foreign Ministers meeting in Beijing, China on June 19, 2017. [Photo/Agencies]

BEIJING - The 2017 BRICS Youth Forum opened in Beijing Tuesday to discuss youth development in BRICS countries.

Themed "Enhance BRICS Partnership, Promote Youth Development," the three-day forum gathered 50 youth representatives working as civil servants, scholars, entrepreneurs, artists and journalists from BRICS countries.

Representatives will hold discussions on issues concerning youth policies and entrepreneurship, as well as the roles of BRICS youth in global governance, before formulating an action plan for the forum.

The five BRICS countries, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, first came up with the idea of establishing a dialogue mechanism for BRICS youth in 2014 during a meeting between BRICS leaders in South Africa.

In the past three years, the forums have had achievements in various fields, such as youth policies and employment through dialogue.