Luo Zhaohui, head of the Asian Affairs Department of the Chinese Foreign Ministry and former Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan, speaks at the Spring Festival celebration at the Pakistan embassy on February 28, 2013.[Photo for chinadaily.com.cn]
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.