Special Report: President Hu attends Outreach Session of G8
Summit
Backgrounder: Key facts
about G8 summit
Backgrounder: Toyako, venue
for 2008 G8 summit
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Chinese President Hu Jintao (2nd R) pose for photos with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (1st R), Mexican President Felipe Calderon (C), Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva (2nd L) and South African President Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki before their meeting in Sapporo, northern Japan, July 8, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)
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SAPPORO, Japan, July 8 (Xinhua) -- Leaders from
China, India, Brazil, South Africa and Mexico gathered in Sapporo, capital of
Hokkaido, northern Japan, Tuesday to exchange views on the issues of common
concern.
Chinese President Hu Jintao and leaders of the other
four developing countries were meeting on the eve of an outreach session of the
Group of Eight (G8) summit, slated for Wednesday in the northern Japanese resort
of Toyako.
At the outreach session of the G8, leaders of the
Group of Eight major industrialized nations, China and the other countries
invited to the meeting will discuss the pressing issues facing the world today,
such as the world economy, climate change, food and energy security.
The G8, an informal forum of leading industrialized nations, groups Germany, France, Britain, Italy, Japan, the United States, Canada and Russia.
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Chinese President Hu Jintao (2nd R) pose for photos with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (1st R), Mexican President Felipe Calderon (C), Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva (2nd L) and South African President Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki before their meeting in Sapporo, northern Japan, July 8, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)
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At the end of Tuesday's group meeting, the leaders
are expected to meet the press and issue a political declaration on issues
ranging from the world economy, to climate change and food and energy security.
The Group of Eight has strengthened links and
dialogue with developing countries in recent years. Such a trend has helped
advance the South-North dialogue and cooperation, push forward the development
of multilateralism, and promote the resolution of global issues.
"China values dialogue between the Group of Eight and
developing countries," Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi told
reporters in Beijing Thursday.
He urged developed and developing countries to work
on common policies and cooperation to address the global challenges such as
climate change and food security.
Chinese president leaves for G8 summit
outreach session
BEIJING, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao
left here Monday afternoon for Japan to attend the Outreach Session of the Group
of Eight (G8) Summit, at the invitation of Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda.
Hu's entourage included Ling Jihua, member of the
Secretariat of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and director
of General Office of CPC Central Committee, Wang Huning, member of the
Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee and director of Policy Research Office
of the CPC Central Committee, State Councilor Dai Bingguo, Foreign Minister Yang
Jiechi, Minister in charge of the National Development and Reform Commission
Zhang Ping, Minister of Agriculture Sun Zhengcai, Minister of Commerce Chen
Deming, Director of the President's Office Chen Shiju and Assistant Foreign
Minister Liu Jieyi. Full story
Japan summit to test G8 leaders on
climate change, world economy and security
TOYAKO, Japan, July 6 (Xinhua) -- When the leaders of the
Group of Eight (G8) industrialized nations gather in Hokkaido, Japan, this week
for their annual summit, they face the challenge of showing greater resolve to
fight global warming, remedying the world economy and easing tensions in the
world's hot spots.
The host country Japan has put talks on climate change
high on the agenda of the meeting in the northern resort of Toyako, building on
the outcome of last year's summit in Germany, where leaders agreed to seriously
consider a target of halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Full story
G8 summit opens with focus on Africa
on Day 1
TOYAKO, Japan, July 7 (Xinhua) -- The three-day summit of
the Group of Eight (G8) kicked off on Monday with the first session bringing
together leaders of the industrialized nations and their counterparts from seven
African countries.
Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, who is playing host
for the G8 annual gathering, greeted other G8 leaders and the African leaders at
the start of a working lunch at the hilltop Windsor Hotel in Toyako, a resort
town on the northern island of Hokkaido. Full story
