Premier Li Keqiang poses with winners of 2013 Friendship Award for a picture at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Sept 30, 2013. [Photo by Xu Jingxing/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.