Funding for BRICS China will set aside 500 million yuan (US$76 million) for economic and technological cooperation and exchanges among BRICS countries, President Xi Jinping said on Monday while addressing the BRICS Summit in Xiamen, Fujian Province, which ended yesterday. Xi also announced plans to inject US$4 million into a project preparation fund to support the BRICS-led New Development Bank’s operation and long-term development. He called on the five countries that make up BRICS — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — to promote practical cooperation. CPC National Congress The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) is expected to convene on October 18 in Beijing. The Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee decided at a meeting on Thursday to submit the proposal on the schedule to the seventh plenary* meeting of the 18th CPC Central Committee, which will be held on October 11. Criminals caught Twenty-five criminals at large wanted some beer fun, but ended up being captured by police’s facial recognition system during the 27th Qingdao International Beer Festival from August 4 to 27. During the 24-day event the system captured and recognized 2.3 million facial images, reporting more than 190 suspected faces. Police made a second check and confirmed 25 of them were escaped criminals. With the help of facial recognition technology, police also seized 19 drug addicts, caught five pickpockets on the spot and drove away 32 with prior pickpocketing records. Cop punished Shanghai police said on Friday that they have suspended a police officer who violently subdued* a woman while putting the child she was carrying in danger. A 50-second video shared on China’s multiple social networks since Friday noon has sparked an outcry online. The video shows that the woman, holding the toddler with her left arm, challenged and pushed the police officer several times before the officer body-slammed her onto the ground. (SD-Agencies) | 