Xi's announcement at the concluding session of the BRICS summit is widely seen as an effort to position Beijing as a central technology partner for the BRICS amid the communist State's growing AI competition with the US.

Xi Jinping also told the event in New Delhi that the bloc should play a ‘due role’ in bringing peace to the Middle East.

Xi Jinping also told the event in New Delhi that the bloc should play a ‘due role’ in bringing peace to the Middle East.