A two-day Business Forum opened on the eve of a BRICS summit in the South African city Durban on Monday. Over 900 businesspeople from the BRICS states (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) meet at the workshops on different themes and industries in the main port city of the South African Republic. They are particularly discussing the establishment of a long-standing BRICS Business Council and the prospects to create a BRICS Bank of Development.