The picturesque scenery of an ecological garden in Shanping village, Tongzi county, Guizhou province on August 6, 2016. There are around 1,500 flower gardens covering 12 hectares built to attract tourists to northern Guizhou. [Photo/Song Jingyi]
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.