China and Pakistan set up benchmark and sample for deepening scientific and technological cooperation among BRICS countries

Brazilian President Lula recently paid a four day state visit to China. He chose Shanghai as his first stop and visited Huawei Shanghai Research Institute. It is understood that the research institute focuses on research and product development in the field of wireless communication, while Huawei has been operating in Brazil for 25 years.
President Lula's Shanghai visit schedule has released multiple signals of China Pakistan technological cooperation. "Li Renfang, associate professor of the Latin American Research Center at Southwest University of Science and Technology, stated in a recent interview with China Trade News. Firstly, Brazil will attach greater importance to scientific and technological cooperation with China and regard China Pakistan cooperation as a key way to jointly break the constraints of developed countries on high-end technology in developing countries in the future; Secondly, technology enterprises from both countries will play a more important role in China Pakistan's technology cooperation, such as the possibility of increasing commercial technology cooperation based on cross-border investment and inter enterprise technology cooperation; Thirdly, Brazil may increase its openness to China in the field of high-tech industries, and Chinese technology enterprises will welcome new opportunities to invest in Brazil.
When it comes to why visiting Huawei's Shanghai Research Institute has become one of the important agendas for President Lula's first visit to China, Li Renfang believes that it can be understood from the perspectives of "three breakthroughs" and "two transformations":
Firstly, China Pakistan scientific and technological cooperation is conducive to breaking through the monopoly situation of developed countries in the high-tech field. Since the 1980s, cooperation between the two countries has broken through the technology of remote sensing monitoring of Earth resources satellites, ending the technological monopoly of developed countries in this field. In the current era of rapid development of the Internet, deepening technology cooperation between Brazil and China may bring common progress in the field of high-end information technology.
Secondly, strengthening cooperation with Chinese high-tech enterprises is conducive to breaking through the barriers to upgrading modern infrastructure in Brazil. The threat to global information security does not come from Chinese companies and their equipment. Chinese equipment has advanced technology and reasonable prices, which can help Brazil achieve modernization of information infrastructure development within a limited budget.
Thirdly, encouraging Chinese technology enterprises to expand investment in Pakistan is conducive to driving their high-tech industries to break through development constraints. For a long time, developed countries have set high thresholds for developing countries in areas such as high-tech industry investment and high-tech transfer, in order to delay or even prevent the development of high-tech industries in developing countries. In contrast, multiple Chinese enterprises have actively introduced advanced technology into Brazil's investment and effectively promoted the development of Brazil's high-tech industry.
Regarding the "two transformations", Li Renfang stated that on the one hand, Brazil may hope to transform the traditional technology cooperation model led by intergovernmental cooperation and build a new technology cooperation model that emphasizes both official and commercial cooperation. This is the key to more effectively promoting international sustainable cooperation in science and technology, and also the foundation for enhancing the sustainable development capacity of high-tech industries in developing countries. On the other hand, strengthening cooperation with Chinese high-tech enterprises may transform the structure of China Pakistan commodity trade, which is mainly focused on primary products. For many years, Latin American countries such as Brazil have always hoped to increase exports of manufactured goods to China and change the commodity trade structure dominated by primary product exports. Encouraging Chinese technology enterprises to invest in Brazil and building a closer bilateral industrial chain system is undoubtedly one of the feasible ways to expand bilateral high-tech product trade.
In addition to visiting the Huawei Shanghai Research Institute, during President Lula's visit to China, the two countries also achieved significant cooperation results in the field of science and technology. On April 14th, China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology signed a memorandum of understanding with the Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation and the Ministry of Communications. The joint statement between China and Pakistan on deepening the comprehensive strategic partnership also pointed out that the cooperation and investment potential of the two countries in the field of information and communication technology is enormous, and both sides highly appreciate the signing of the memorandum of understanding between the two countries in this field.
At the same time, Chinese technology enterprises have also seized the opportunity to seize the opportunity and move forward. Previously, the Brazilian business delegation, as a part of the Brazilian President's visit to China, arrived in China for an early visit, during which the delegation visited and exchanged views with Tus Holdings.
At the Qidi Star Incubation Base and Qidi Holdings Digital Exhibition Hall of Tsinghua Science and Technology Park in Beijing, the delegation showed strong interest in the development of Chinese technology products and technology enterprises. During a visit to a handheld electrocardiogram collection device, a member of the delegation voluntarily proposed to try it out. When the staff interpreted various electrocardiogram data for him after the trial ended, the delegation member excitedly expressed "it's really amazing". During the introduction of the company's overseas business development process by the head of Tus Holdings, the delegation members also expressed their expectations for future cooperation with Tus Holdings in the field of technological innovation.
Moreover, Tus Holdings has signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Ministry of Science and Technology Innovation of Mato Grosso State in Brazil. The two sides will cooperate in the construction and operation of funds, incubators, and technology parks to jointly create the innovation ecosystem of Mato Grosso State in Brazil, providing strong support for its technological development and opening-up. Through this signing, we hope to work together with Mato Grosso Oblast to promote future cooperation in various fields such as technological innovation, financial investment, and talent exchange through the model of 'two countries and two parks', and contribute to the coordinated development and progress of the two countries' technological level, "said Cai Xiaowei, President of Tusi Holdings
China Brazil's scientific and technological cooperation started relatively late, but developed rapidly, "Li Renfang said. Since the signing of the intergovernmental scientific and technological cooperation agreement between the two countries in 1982, the fields and scale of China Brazil's scientific and technological cooperation have become wider and larger, and the results have become increasingly significant. In addition to jointly breaking through the research and development of Earth resource satellite remote sensing monitoring technology, the two countries have also conducted extensive cooperation in the construction of the Three Gorges Brazil hydropower station, the construction of Brazil's power transmission and transformation infrastructure, as well as high-tech fields such as aircraft manufacturing and aerospace.
In Li Renfang's view, China Pakistan scientific and technological cooperation should be promoted in conjunction with the current changes in the international landscape and the actual economic development of the two countries. At present, there are four types of opportunities for China Pakistan scientific and technological cooperation: China Pakistan scientific and technological cooperation is based on a high degree of political mutual trust, and its institutionalized operation has sustainable conditions. For example, the meeting of the China Pakistan Mixed Committee on Science and Technology Cooperation is held every two to three years; China and Brazil are jointly facing the impact of climate change and have broad prospects for cooperation in areas such as low-carbon green technologies and clean energy technologies; Faced with the monopolistic situation of some developed countries in information technology, digital economy, and other aspects, the two countries have a strong willingness to work together to achieve technological breakthroughs; In response to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, both China and Pakistan need to strengthen cooperation in reducing poverty and promoting social development, especially in the fields of agricultural technology application, biotechnology research and development, and medical and health technology progress.
As BRICS member countries, China and Brazil's technological cooperation will play a demonstration role in BRICS technological cooperation. In order to further strengthen China Pakistan scientific and technological cooperation, Li Renfang suggests that we should continue to deepen scientific and technological cooperation in key areas such as aerospace, digital technology, agricultural technology, healthcare, clean energy, etc., strengthen exchanges of scientific and technological talents and coordination of scientific and technological industry policies between the two sides, explore technology transfer cooperation, increase mutual scientific and technological investment, and promote the improvement of scientific research capabilities and the transformation of scientific and technological achievements between the two countries, Committed to gradually shifting from jointly breaking through high-end technology monopolies in developed countries to achieving scientific and technological leadership in local areas, and setting a benchmark for BRICS cooperation on the basis of benefiting both countries.