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China’s policy makers are seeking to boost the currency’s convertibility and global use.
The EU and the US are also in the midst of long-drawn out negotiations on the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership or TTIP.
SCO leaders will meet the heads of state from the five BRICS countries in Ufa this week.
Chinese officials rolled out an unprecedented series of steps at the weekend to prevent a full-blown stock market crash.
She visited the US last week, however, saying "some things have changed" since the spying revelations.
The Russian city of Kazan is hosting the first BRICS Youth Summit from 4-7 July.
In spite of a slide in US-Russian relations, pushed into the deep freeze by the Ukraine conflict, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday congratulated his US counterpart Barack Obama on Independence
On Thursday, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) said it will investigate suspected manipulation of the stock market.
The census had some grim figures for India’s poor and landless.
The Russian city of Ufa will host the BRICS and SCO Financial Forum on 8 July.