Introduction to

Center for BRICS Studies

Fudan University

HistoryEstablished in March, 2012, pull together the

studies on Russia, South Asia and Latin

America in various faculties

28 faculty members in the Center for BRICS

Studies, among them, 5 professors, 9

associate professors others form the schools

in Fudan, Including international relations,

ecnomics and finance, law, history, 11

researchers from other institutions and

universities in shanghai or Beijing

Main Cooperation MembersCenter for BRICS Studies of Fudan

UniversityInstitute for International Studies of

Tsinghua UniversityCenter for Russian Studies of East China

Normal UniversityInstitute of South Asian Studies of Sichuan

University Institute of African Studies of Zhejiang

Normal University Institute of World Economics and Politics of

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

.

Principal function of the Center

Policy Research

Information Dissemination

BRICS Universities League

Policy Research

The center for BRICS Studies has provided seminal reports

for a series of pioneering research, including :

Research on Trade Facilitation of the BRICS Countries

Proposals on Promoting Comprehensive Integration Among

BRICS Countries in Economic and Cultural Communication

Data Sovereignty-Based Strategies in Enhancing Network

Security

Evaluation and Suggestions on China’s Participation in Global

Governance

Information The Center for BRICS Studies plays an active role in establishing and

operating the ‘Information Sharing and Exchange Platform for the BRICS Countries’, which was listed on top of the agenda for cooperation initiatives in the ‘BRICS Trade and Investment Cooperation Framework’ proposed during the 2013 BRICS Summit in Durban.

The platform has seen a monthly traffic of over 60,000 offering, in both Chinese and English versions, easy access to research-based information covering issues concerning macroeconomics, commerce, collaboration, meetings and exhibitions, cooperation among small- and medium-sized enterprises, legal issues, intellectual property protection, dispute solution, etc.

opening ceremony of the BRICS Information Platform

Model of the Online Synchronization System

BRICS Universities League The center for BRICS Studies has contributed

substantially to the networking among

institutions of higher learning to further

promote international communication

among the BRICS countries. By February

2014, a number of universities have

already joined the BRICS Universities

League.

Current progress 1The first Conference on BRICS Research

convened in July, 2013 at the Fudan in Shanghai. 80 Scholars from 17 institutions attended, representing 8 countries around the world. During the conference, 9 universities proposed the Initiative Towards Establishment of the BRICS Universities League.

Beside the 5 chinese universities, the Russion side are:

National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, State Institute of International Relations, Ural Federal University, and Far Eastern Federal University from the Russian side.

Current progress 2In March 2014, based on recommendations,

Fudan University drafted the Charter of the League of BRICS Universities .

May 23, 2014, Vice Minister Hao Ping of the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China sent a letter to his BRICS counterparts relating his approval of the League proposal. He expressed hope that each country will support it

In July 2014, the League proposal was formally written into the Fortaleza Statement at the Sixth BRICS Summit.

Current progress 3About the Secretariat, we advice that the

Secretariat will take the method of rotating presidency in accord with the order of BRICS presidency, namely the host country of BRICS Summit is the presidency for our Universities League. Thus, if the BRICS Universities League can be set up next year, the Secretariat should be instituted through the negotiations among the Russian participators.

Suggest that the founding meeting is going to be held in Shanghai, at the end May by Fudan in Shanghai,

BRICS Universities League

Home Fudan University

Tsinghua University

East China Normal University

Sichuan University

Zhejiang Normal University

Russia St. Petersburg State University Higher School of Economics Moscow State Institute of International Relations Ural State University Far Eastern Federal University

New members: Brazil: University of São Paulo, University of Brasília, Federal University of Rio

de Janeiro South Africa: University of Cape Town, University of Pretoria, University of

Johannesburg, Stellenbosch University India: University of Delhi, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Other projects BRICS Grand ForumBRICS Diplomacy

Salon BRICS Studies

Lecture, Shanghai Summer

School (BRICS Program) etc.

PublishII. sues academic journals both home and

abroad: BRICS Studies Fudan BRICS Studies Working Papers

Media Coverage of the Center

Thank You!