摘要
“金砖国家”最初是指巴西、俄罗斯、印度和中国四个成长前景看好的新兴市场国家。这一概念由美国高盛公司于2003年提出。2006年9月,上述四国外长在联合国大会期间举行首次外长会晤,此后每年依例举行。2009年6月,“金砖四国”领导人在俄罗斯举行首次正式会晤,金砖国家合作机制正式启动。2010年12月,南非正式加入后,这一合作机制由最初的“金砖四国”变为“金砖五国”。
BRIC was an acronym coined by the US Goldman Sachs in 2003 to call the four promising emerging economies:Brazil,Russia,India and China.Foreign ministers of these four countries had their first meeting on the margins of the UN General Assembly in September 2006,and this became an annual event afterwards.In June 2009,the state leaders of the BRIC countries held a formal meeting in Russia,thus starting their partnership under the BRIC mechanism.With the formal inclusion of South Africa in December 2010,the group became the BRICS.
