2. History  Established 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

4. Main Cooperation Members Center for BRICS Studies of Fudan University Institute for International Studies of Tsinghua University Center for Russian Studies of East China Normal University Institute 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.

5. Principal function of the Center Policy ResearchInformation DisseminationBRICS Universities League

6. 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

8. 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.

10. opening ceremony of the BRICS Information Platform

11. Model of the Online Synchronization System

12. 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.

13. Current progress 1 The 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.

14. Current progress 2 In 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.

15. Current progress 3 About 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,

17. 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

18. Other projects BRICS Grand Forum BRICS Diplomacy Salon BRICS Studies Lecture, Shanghai Summer School (BRICS Program) etc.

23. Publish II. sues academic journals both home and abroad:  BRICS Studies  Fudan BRICS Studies  Working Papers

24. Media Coverage of the Center

25. Thank You!