China issues special postal stamp for 9th BRICS summit

China today issued a special postal stamp to commemorate the ninth annual BRICS summit scheduled to be held early next month in the coastal city of Xiamen in the country's southeastern Fujian province.

The stamp issued by the state-owned China Post bears a logo of the summit as well as the letters "BRICS" and "2017 China".

It also shows the scenic Gulangyu island, which was included into the UNESCO list last month, as well as the other iconic sites of Xiamen like Xiamen University.

"It



shows the features of Xiamen," Zhang Zhijun, who is associated with the Xiamen branch of China Post, was quoted as saying by the state-run Xinhua news agency. 

"With the sea we would like to imply that the summit is a new starting point for the countries to sail into a bright future," he said.

The summit will be held from September 3 to 5. It is the second BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) summit to be held in China. The previous one was held in Sanya, Hainan province, in 2011.