Hu Jintao's proposal at BRIC summit

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The first ever formal summit of the BRIC countries, namely Brazil, Russia, India and China, has also concluded in Russia. Chinese President Hu Jintao has presented a four-point proposal for dealing with the global financial crisis.

Hu Jintao called on BRIC countries to commit to bringing about an early recovery of the world economy. He also advocated pushing the reform of international financial system, implementing the UN Millenium Development Goals, and ensuring the security of food, energy resources, and public health. The Chinese president proposed strengthening information exchanges and communication. He called for sharing the experience on epidemic prevention and control, and working together to develop and share vaccines, and cooperation in pandemic control and prevention.