According to matamata.com, China has endorsed Indonesia’s proposal to strengthen BRICS-wide supply chain collaboration during the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, India, on Sunday, 13 September 2025. The initiative aims to bolster economic growth across developing nations by integrating industrial capacity, critical resources, and technology among the bloc’s 11 member states.
Indonesia’s Concrete Industrialization Offer
President of Indonesia Prabowo Subianto called for tangible cooperation during the second session of the summit, urging fellow BRICS leaders to jointly industrialize and optimize shared resources and production capacities. He highlighted Indonesia’s endowments—including critical minerals, rare earth metals, renewable energy potential, and forested land—as strategic assets that, when aligned with BRICS’ collective economic strength, could elevate the bloc’s position in global value chains.
“I am offering something concrete. Let us industrialize together and optimize the resources and capacities we hold collectively,” said Prabowo Subianto, President of Indonesia, in his address at the summit on Sunday (13/9).
This collaborative model is projected to drive investment, strengthen downstream industries, generate jobs, and improve welfare across Global South nations — outcomes explicitly tied to the integration of Indonesia’s natural resource base with BRICS’ manufacturing and technological capabilities.
China’s Commitment to BRICS Tech and Industry Alignment
Guo Jiakun, Spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, affirmed Beijing’s commitment to deepening technological cooperation and industrial alignment across BRICS during a press conference in Beijing on Monday (14/9). His remarks directly responded to Prabowo’s proposal and underscored China’s support for capacity-building projects and sustainable, high-quality, resilient development within the bloc.
“China will strengthen technological cooperation with BRICS countries, deepen industrial alignment, implement capacity-enhancement projects, and realize more sustainable, high-quality, and resilient development,” stated Guo Jiakun, Spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Beijing on Monday (14/9).
The BRICS bloc currently comprises 11 member countries, representing approximately 49.5% of the world’s population, 40% of global GDP, and 26% of global trade. Its institutional infrastructure includes the BRICS Partnership Innovation Centre for the New Industrial Revolution and the BRICS Industry Competence Centre — both established to advance industrialization-focused cooperation.
Four Pillars and Global Representation
The 18th BRICS Summit centered on four thematic pillars: resilience, innovation, cooperation, and sustainability. Attendees included top leaders from all member states — notably Xi Jinping, President of China; Vladimir Putin, President of Russia; Prabowo Subianto, President of Indonesia; and Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, who hosted the event in New Delhi.
The summit reaffirmed BRICS’ long-standing focus on industrialization, with Guo Jiakun noting that cooperation in this domain has been a consistent priority. The endorsement of Indonesia’s supply chain initiative reflects a coordinated effort to translate that priority into concrete, cross-border action grounded in resource complementarity and shared development goals.
Source: matamata.com
Compiled from international media by the SCI.AI editorial team.
