Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (L) shakes hands with his Italian counterpart Paolo Gentiloni as they attends the seventh plenary session of the Italy-China Government Committee in Rome, Italy, on May 5, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua]
An unusually heavy downpour hit Durban for two days before the BRICS summit's debut on African soil, but interest for a better platform for emerging markets were still sparked at the summit.