BEIJING, March 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu
Jintao will attend the Group of 20 (G20) financial summit in Britain scheduled
for April 1-2, at the invitation of the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, the
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang announced here Friday.
What role will China play in G20
summit?
BEIJING, March 20 (Xinhua) -- As a major
emerging market, what role will China play in trying to salvage the global
economy during the upcoming Group of 20 (G20) summit?
Zhao Xijun, finance professor at the Renmin University of China,
suggested that emerging economies including China, India, Brazil and Russia
might take a different stand from developed economies. Full story
European expert: G20 summit to be
stage of confidence-building
BRUSSELS, March 14 (Xinhua) -- The upcoming G20 Summit in London will serve
mainly as a confidence-building stage, says a Belgian expert in political and
economic affairs.
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Chinese Finance Minister Xie Xuren (2nd
R) and Zhou Xiaochuan (R), governor of the People's Bank of China, China's
central bank, attend the opening ceremony of the G20 Finance Ministers'
meeting at a hotel near Horsham in southern England March 14, 2009.
(Xinhua/He Dalong)
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"Confidence-building is extremely important," Jonathan
Holslag, head of research at the Brussels Institute of Contemporary China
Studies and an expert at the EU-China Academic Network, told Xinhua in an
exclusive interview on Wednesday. Full story
Minister: G20 meeting sends positive
signal, boosts confidence
HORSHAM, Britain, March 15 (Xinhua) -- The G20 finance ministers and central
bank governors meeting sent a positive signal that the international community
is rising unitedly to the economic and financial challenges, Chinese Finance
Minister Xie Xuren said here Saturday.
As the financial crisis continues to spread and bites
harder from one country to another, solidarity achieved at the meeting will help
boost market confidence and stabilize economic and financial conditions, Xie
told Chinese reporters shortly after the meeting. Full story
EU summit to assess economic stimulus
plan, coordinate position for G20 meeting
BRUSSELS, Mar. 18
(Xinhua) -- The two-day summit of the European Union starting on Thursday will
mainly assess the effect of the current economic stimulus plan and prepare for
the G20 summit, to be held on April 2 in London.
First of all, the leaders of the 27-nation EU member
states will evaluate the efficiency and effect of the 200-billion-euro economic
stimulus plan, put forward by the European Commission in November to contain the
impact of the global crisis and stimulate the recovery of the economy. Full story
