Jia Qinglin, chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, delivers a speech at the First Session of the 12th CPPCC National Committee in Beijing, March 3, 2013.[Photo by Zou Hong/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.