Chinese Premier Li Qiang arrived in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday to attend the 17th BRICS Summit upon invitation.

Brazil, the rotating chair of BRICS, will hold the summit on July 6 and 7.

Li will also pay an official visit to Egypt from July 9 to 10 at the invitation of Prime Minister Mostafa Kamal Madbouly.

(Cover: A man jogs past banners of the BRICS summit in the surroundings of the Modern Art Museum where the BRICS summit 2025 will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on July 3, 2025. /VCG)