STORY: Talent training program underway in China's Xiamen to advance BRICS cooperation
SHOOTING TIME: Sept. 9, 2024
DATELINE: Sept. 10, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:07
LOCATION: XIAMEN, China
CATEGORY: POLITICS/TECHNOLOGY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the training
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): NIVEEN MORSI, Branch Manager of Information Technology Institute, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Egypt
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ANNA KARINE GURGEL, Head Leader of Iris Laboratory of Innovation and Data, Brazil
4. various of the training

STORYLINE:

The 2024 BRICS Excellence Training Program on AI Technology and Governance kicked off on Monday in Xiamen, east China's Fujian Province. 

Thirty attendees from BRICS and BRICS Plus countries will conduct a one-month exchange and study in artificial intelligence (AI) and governance.
  
SOUNDBITE 1 (English): NIVEEN MORSI, Branch Manager of Information Technology Institute, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Egypt
"I would like to get more information and exchange on how AI is involved in the governance and the technology. We are looking for the cooperation between different countries to have more talents that are using AI in their development of applications."

SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ANNA KARINE GURGEL, Head Leader of Iris Laboratory of Innovation and Data, Brazil
"I'm sure that BRICS is providing us a great and unique experience. And these opportunities can provide us the trend of emerging knowledge. And I'm here to improve the knowledge about AI technology, digital transformation. And in this way, we can, by the government, improve and do better opportunities to the citizens."

The training program is organized by the Xiamen-based BRICS PartNIR innovation center (BPIC). Established in 2020, the center aims at promoting cooperation on policy coordination, personnel training, and project development. 

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Xiamen, China.
(XHTV)