A border defense soldier attends the training in heavy snow in Bole of the Mongolian autonomous prefecture of Bortala, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on Dec 11, 2015. [Photo/Xinhua]
An unusually heavy downpour hit Durban for two days before the BRICS summit's debut on African soil, but interest for a better platform for emerging markets were still sparked at the summit.