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LONDON, Dec.3 (Xinhuanet) -- China's economic growth
will present a chance for the world and contribute to world peace, said Chinese
Finance Minister Jin Renqing here on Saturday.
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| Chinese Finance Minister Jin Renqing (R)
meets with French Finance Minister Thierry Breton in London, capital city
of Britain, on Dec. 2, 2005. (Xinhua
Photo) | Jin made the
remarks when briefing the participants on China's 11th five-year plan and the
country's peaceful development concept at an economic policy dialogue here.
Jin and his counterparts from India, Brazil, South
Africa attended the dialogue with G7 finance ministers.
The Chinese finance minister said the economic policy
dialoguebetween the developed and developing countries is very important.
Though very short in terms of time, the meeting is
very successful as the finance ministers exchanged their views on worldeconomy
affairs, he added.
During the meeting, the finance ministers focused on
trade, energy andpledged to support the forthcoming Hong Kong WTO ministerial
meeting.
The ministers agreed to support the establishment of
a fair, just,open and unbiased multi-lateral trade system.
The ministers for the developing countries also urged
the developed countries to open up their markets to make a better environment
for their development.
The ministers also agreed that world energy price
shouldbe kept at a reasonable level, and they should strengthen their
information exchange on energy and support the World Bank'sproposal for an
energy fund to back up alternative energy research.
The ministers at the meeting found out that with the
deepening ofeconomic globalization, a stable environment for trade, finance
andenergy is growing to be a common need for the world community.
"The most important thing is to materialize all the
commitment to reduce world poverty by half by the year between 2000 and 2015 as
mapped out in the millennium plan," the ministers said.
Traditionally, four meetings are held each year for
G7 FinanceMinisters and Central Bank Governors' Meetings. A fifth meeting
hasbeen added this year reportedly in honor of 79-year-old AlanGreenspan, the
out-going chairman of Federal Reserve of the United States. Enditem
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