Special Report: President Hu Attends G20 London Summit
BEIJING, April 3 (Xinhua) -- The following are some notable quotes made during Chinese President Hu Jintao's G20 tour in London.
G20 SUMMIT
"The most pressing task now is to make every effort to restore global economic growth and prevent a serious recession." -- Hu
"We have the enabling conditions to tackle the financial crisis." -- Hu
"We should do so in a comprehensive, balanced and incremental manner and lay emphasis on concrete results." -- Hu
"As long as we strengthen confidence and work together, we will tide over the difficulties and achieve our shared goals." -- Hu
"The only right choice is for all of us to work together and deal with it." -- Hu
"As a responsible member of the international community, China has been actively involved in the international endeavor to fight the financial crisis." -- Hu
"A more dynamic and open China will be in a better position to not only maintain steady and relatively fast economic growth at home, but also contribute to the global efforts to tackle the financial crisis and promote world peace and development." -- Hu
"Protectionism was prevalent during the Great Depression in the1920s and 1930s, but it only led to grave consequences. Lessons of history must be learnt." -- Hu
"The world leaders attending summit are anxious to reach agreements on major points, including a joint call to resist protectionism, and to strengthen financial regulation." ¨C British Prime Minister Gordon Brown
"There is a real willingness to have convergence at the end of this summit and so I really believe that at the end we'll have a consensus around the two points that sometimes appear as differences: the stimulus of the economy and regulation." -- European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso
"We are here to put across the position of the developing world, particularly with regards to the need to protect jobs because it¡¯s the impact on the real economy which affects ordinary working people ... if we're to find an everlasting solution we must develop a response that is inclusive of working people." -- South African President Kgalema Motlanthe.
CHINA-AUSTRALIA SUMMIT
"In recent years the development of Sino-Australian relations has been gaining momentum in an all-around way." -- Hu
"The G20 summit constituted an important and effective platform for the international community to combat the crisis." -- Hu
"The Australian people are grateful of the Chinese people for their sympathy after the recent major fire." -- Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd
"China's active participation in the negotiations at the G20 summit contributed a great deal to the success of the summit." --Rudd
CHINA-JAPAN SUMMIT
"The development of the current Sino-Japanese relations has been hard-earned and is worth treasuring." -- Hu
"China and Japan are inter-dependent economically and share similar stance on opposing trade and investment protectionism and safeguarding regional economic and financial stability." -- Hu
"Japan and China benefited greatly from the opening of the international economic system, and both sides, under the spreading international financial crisis, should make efforts to avoid tariff barriers, oppose trade protectionism and push for the restoration of global economic growth." -- Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso
CHINA-BRAZIL SUMMIT
"The Chinese-Brazilian relations have got off to a good start thanks to the joint efforts of both sides, and breakthroughs in cooperation have been made in such areas as oil, infrastructure construction and finance." -- Hu
"The Chinese-Brazilian relations are growing in global influence as the current international situation is undergoing profound and complicated changes." -- Hu
"Both Brazil and China have made great efforts to overcome the crisis and Brazil appreciates China's efforts to maintain economic growth." -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
