NEW DELHI - Chinese President Hu Jintao will attend the 4th summit of BRICS countries in the Indian capital on March 28-29, which attaches great importance to the cooperation among BRICS countries and that between China and India, Chinese Ambassador to India Zhang Yan said Tuesday.

In an interview with Xinhua and other Chinese media, Zhang Yan said that during the summit, the leaders of China, Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa will have in-depth discussions on global economic management, sustainable development and cooperation among the five BRICS countries on the theme "Partnership for Stability, Security and Prosperity".

Zhang said that the summit is held against the background of the continuous, deep and complicated changes of international situation, Euro-zone debt crisis, the US financial problems and turbulences in West Asia and North Africa, as well as multiple uncertainties of world economic recovery.

According to Zhang, BRICS countries, as keeper and promoters of the interests of developing countries, are playing an increasingly important role in international affairs and their status is also on the rise in international arena.

Over the past few years, the BRICS countries have maintained stable and fast growth on the whole, and have thus become an important locomotive in pushing forward global growth.

The five BRICS countries have played an irreplaceable role in calling for the establishment of a more just, fair and reasonable international economic order, promoting world monetary system reform, realizing sustainable growth, upgrading the right of discourse of developing countries and safeguarding the justifiable rights of the vast developing countries, said the Chinese envoy.

BRICS countries account for 42 percent of world population and their GDP take up 20 percent of the world production,while their trade volume occupies 15 percent of global trade volume and these countries are contributing to 50 percent of the current world growth rate.

Zhang said that over the past few years, BRICS countries have won world praise for their achievements in reducing poverty, improving living standard of their people and realizing inclusive growth.

These efforts by BRICS countries have not only benefited their own people, but also contributed greatly to maintaining world peace, promoting development and bringing about prosperity, he said.

Since BRICS countries issued Sanya Declaration of plan of action at their 3rd summit in the southern Chinese island province of Hainan in 2011, they have had frequent cooperative interactions in the fields of economy and trade, financial and monetary sectors, industry, health and sanitation, agriculture, science and technology and humanity, therefore gradually converting the consensus reached by their leaders into concrete actions aimed at pushing forward their own development.

China regards this summit as a new opportunity for BRICS countries to reach consensus and deepen cooperation among BRICS countries, to deliver a message of confidence to world economy, provide dynamics to strengthen global economic management, and contribute more to the global economic recovery, the ambassador said.

He added that as a member of BRICS, China actively boosts cooperation among BRICS countries and is contributing to building the mechanism of cooperation. China has already achieved great outcomes from its cooperation with other BRICS countries, with its trade volume with four other BRICS countries attaining $287 billion and becoming the largest partner of the four BRICS countries.

The ambassador pointed out that BRICS countries own vast markets and have strong economic supplements. China will continue strengthening mutually beneficial cooperation with other BRICS countries, transforming natural resources, human resources and market resources into economic advantages, while realizing common development and prosperity among BRICS countries.