Performers dance at the opening ceremony of the 25th World Hakka Conference in Sanming city, East China's Fujian province on Nov 20, 2012. The conference attracted more than 2,000 Hakka people from 25 countries. [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.