Hao Chengbing, right, and Sun Xia, an graduate from Hainan University, work at a butcher shop in Aohua food market in Shanghai, Jan 29, 2013. [Lai Xinling/Asianewsphoto]
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.