The Wanshou Forum, part of the 2018 BRICS Think Tank International Symposium, was held in Guangzhou on April 23, focusing on the theme "BRICS open, innovative and inclusive development".

Officials and scholars from BRICS member countries and other countries spoke on BRICS-related topics including synergy in regional development strategies, inclusive development through a socially responsive economy, global security challenges facing the BRICS agenda, liberal migration regime, and the construction of regional value chains.

Hosted by the China Council for BRICS Think-tank Cooperation, the symposium was organized by the Guangdong University of Technology, the Guangdong Emerging Economies Society and the Guangdong Belt and Road Institute.

The Wanshou Forum was initiated by the International Department of the Communist Party of the China Central Committee in 2016 as a platform for international exchange and dialogue.