China has proposed the creation of a BRICS 5G innovation base in China.
                     China has proposed the creation of 
a BRICS 5G innovation base in 
China.
INTRODUCTION
• China has proposed the creation of a BRICS innovation base in 
China.
• The aim is to take forward 5G and Artificial Intelligence (AI) 
cooperation among the five countries of BRICS i.e. Brazil, Russia, 
India, China and South Africa.
Source: The pioneer
OBJECTIVE
• China is actively considering to set up a BRICS innovation base 
to strengthen practical cooperation with the five-member.
• The focus will be on digital transformation, such as 5G, Artificial 
Intelligence and the digital economy in the post-COVID-19.
Source: The Hindu
COOPERATION
• China urged fellow nations, including India, to boost cooperation 
in areas including 5G and Artificial Intelligence.
• This will help China to create alternative suppliers of 5G 
equipment and other technologies. 
Source: Business Today
RATIONALE BEHIND THE PROPOSAL
• China’s interest in promoting 5G within the BRICS bloc could be 
part of its interest in pushing tech giant Huawei internationally.
• Huawei’s name has come up as a contender to build the 
network in Brazil and South Africa even as it is embroiled in 
controversies in other countries.
Source: Innovation Village
RESPONCE FROM INDIA
• India is unlikely to allow Chinese participation in the roll-out of 
its national 5G network, and banned 59 Chinese apps, citing 
national security concerns.
• A high-level committee on 5G is opposed to including Chinese 
vendors including Huawei in the 5G trials.
Source: ET
TENSION ALONG  LINE OF ACTUAL 
CONTROL
• Indian intelligence assessments have also expressed concerns 
on the possible direct or indirect links of several Chinese 
companies, including Huawei, with the Chinese military.
• India has made clear that a return to normalcy cannot be 
possible while tensions along the Line of Actual Control remain 
unresolved.
Source: Outlook India
RESPONSE OF RUSSIA
• Russia has agreed to work with China on 5G and with Chinese 
telecommunications firm Huawei, which has been largely 
banned by the United States.
• Huawei has been at the centre of rising USA-China tensions 
over technology and security.
Source: Stanford University
RESPONSE OF SOUTH AFRICA
• In South Africa, Huawei is providing services to three of its 
telecom operators in the roll-out of their 5G networks.
Source: Bloomberg
RESPONSE OF BRAZIL
• Brazil has allowed participation in trials but is yet to take a final 
call.
• More than a third of Brazil’s 4G network operators use Huawei 
equipment. 
• Brazil maintains that Huawei has capacity above its international 
competitors.
Source: CBC
SIMILAR EFFORT BY UK- 5G CLUB
• In May, British government approached the US with the 
prospect of creating a 5G club of 10 democracies.
• It includes G7 countries –UK, US, Italy, Germany, France, 
Japan and Canada – plus Australia, South Korea and India.
Source: Gadgets Now