JOHANNESBURG, July 26 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday urged BRICS countries to fully explore their potential in cultural and people-to-people exchanges at the Plenary Session of the BRICS Johannesburg Summit.

He proposed joint touring exhibitions by the BRICS alliances of museums, art museums, national galleries, and libraries and closer cooperation in cultural, creative and tourism industries and at the sub-national level.