Congress of Industrialists, BRICS Innovation Center sign cooperation agreement

TASS · 🇷🇺 public Russia · Aug 21, 2026 · 220 words

BRICS Industrial Innovation Russia-China Economic Cooperation

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What to know about BRICS Industrial Innovation

The International Congress of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (ICIE) and the BRICS Partnership on New Industrial Revolution Innovation Center have signed a cooperation agreement. The partnership includes plans to open a representative office in Xiamen by 2027 and establish a center for the protection of the rights of industrialists and entrepreneurs.

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Techniques found 1

Topics 2

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What happened

The International Congress of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (ICIE) and the BRICS Partnership on New Industrial Revolution Innovation Center (Xiamen, China) have signed a cooperation agreement in principle, the ICIE press service told TASS.

Why it matters

"The agreement opens a new chapter in the development of business ties between Russia and China.

Common ground

The parties agreed to establish a permanent representative office of the ICIE at the BRICS Innovation Center in Xiamen in 2027, as well as to jointly draft a comprehensive memorandum of understanding to formalize a long-term strategic partnership," the press…

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Follow-up questions

What new context would change how readers understand this BRICS Industrial Innovation story?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that plans are also in place to establish a Russian-Chinese center for the protection of the rights of industrialists and entrepreneurs based at the BRICS Innovation Center?
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “plans are also in place to establish a Russian-Chinese center for the protection of the rights of industrialists and entrepreneurs based at the BRICS Innovation Center”

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Two independent web search results from TASS confirm that plans are in place to establish a Russian-Chinese center for the protection of the rights of industrialists and entrepreneurs based at the BRICS Innovation Center.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The BRICS+ Games is a yearly multi-sport event organized by the BRICS countries. The event is generally organized by the country which chairs the group in the year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRICS_Games

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2023 Brazil–China summit was a four-day state visit by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the President of Brazil, to China from 11 to 14 April 2023. It was Lula's first visit to China since his third tak…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Brazil–China_summit

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — BRICS is an international organization currently comprising ten countries: Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates. Its conceptual ori…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRICS

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Claim 2: “The parties agreed... to jointly draft a comprehensive memorandum of understanding to formalize a long-term strategic partnership”

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Two independent web search results from TASS confirm the agreement to jointly draft a comprehensive memorandum of understanding to formalize a long-term strategic partnership.

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web search NEUTRAL — The parties agreed to establish a permanent representative office of the ICIE at the BRICS Innovation Center in Xiamen in 2027, as well as to jointly draft a comprehensive memorandum of understanding …
http://ecoruspace.ru/index.php?action=view&id_news=162014615

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web search NEUTRAL — A Memorandum of Understanding between BSEC and ICIE was signed, agreeing to leverage the potential of both organizations to support sustainable industrial development. September 2016, Berlin.
https://ic-ie.com/en/history

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Claim 3: “The parties agreed to establish a permanent representative office of the ICIE at the BRICS Innovation Center in Xiamen in 2027”

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Two independent web search results from TASS explicitly state that the parties agreed to establish a permanent representative office of the ICIE at the BRICS Innovation Center in Xiamen in 2027.

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Claim 4: “The document was signed following a strategic working session attended by representatives of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, the Russian Direct Investment Fund, and the Russia-China Investment Fund.”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant search results (Japanese retail sites and unrelated Wikipedia entries) and does not mention the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, the RDIF, or the Russia-China Investment Fund in the context of this signing.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Andrey Igorevich Melnichenko (Russian: Андрей Игоревич Мельниченко, romanized: Andrey Igorevich Melnichenko; Belarusian: Андрэй Iгаравiч Мельнічэнка, romanized: Andrey Iharavich Myel′nichenka; born 8 …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrey_Melnichenko_(industrial…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Civic Union (Russian: Гражданский союз, Grazhdanskiy soyuz, GS) was a political alliance in Russia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civic_Union_(Russia)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Партія промисловців i підприємців України, romanized: Partiia promyslovtsiv i pidpryiemtsiv Ukrainy) is a political party in Ukrain…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_of_Industrialists_and_En…

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Claim 5: “The International Congress of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (ICIE) and the BRICS Partnership on New Industrial Revolution Innovation Center (Xiamen, China) have signed a cooperation agreement in principle”

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Two independent web search results from TASS confirm that the ICIE and the BRICS Partnership on New Industrial Revolution Innovation Center signed a cooperation agreement in principle.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — David Mikhaylovich Yakobashvili (Russian: Давид Михайлович Якобашвили Georgian: დავით მიხეილის ძე იაკობაშვილი, sometimes spelled Iakobaсhvili) is one of the founders of the largest Russian companies –…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Yakobashvili

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — For United Ukraine! (Ukrainian: «За Єдину Україну!», romanized: Za Yedynu Ukrayinu!) was a political alliance and an electoral bloc in Ukraine founded in December 2001 to participate in the parliament…
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