On March 21-22, 2016,the second meeting of the G20 Green Finance Study Group (GFSG) was held in London, co-chaired by the People`s Bank of China and Bank of England, with support from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) as secretariat.
The G20 summit, to be held in Hangzhou, China this September, is much anticipated as the global economy is still facing difficulties. What should be done to make Hangzhou summit a success? What role does China play in the global economy? Global Times (GT) reporter Liu Jianxi talked with Tristram Sainsbury (Sainsbury), a visiting fellow at the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China, over these issues.
The meeting yielded many policy recommendations, and Berlin T20 Conference Communique was issued at the conclusion of the meeting.
We met in Shanghai to review and address key global economic challenges and move forward on the policy agenda for the Hangzhou Summit. The global recovery continues, but it remains uneven and falls short of our ambition for strong, sustainable and balanced growth.
A meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors from the world`s twenty largest economies has concluded in China. The G20 meeting in Shanghai was held against the backdrop of a slow-down in the Chinese economy, which has led global economists to adjust their outlooks.
The labor meeting of the G20, called the L20, kicks off in Beijing on Monday. Four meetings will be held ahead of the G20 summit this year under China`s presidency. Employment officials are expected to address innovation, decent work, enhanced employability and adequate job opportunities.
For insights into the key labor issues that will be discussed and what is being hoped for from China`s presidency of the G20, our reporter Wu Guoxiu sat down with Ms. Sharan Burrow, General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday invited his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, to attend the Group of 20 summit in the Chinese city of Hangzhou this September.
The G20 China year is inclusive and looks after issues related to the interests of African countries, has noted La Yifan, Chinese Ambassador to Ethiopia.
State Councilor Yang Jiechi has stated China`s goal to enhance the role of the G20 from a mechanism tackling crisis to one exercising long-term, effective management.
Beijing is hoping to capture a stronger voice in the world`s economy, to shift the out-dated patterns of world economy; to guide world economic development and political order.
The G20`s finance ministers and central bank deputies meeting was held on Monday and Tuesday in Sanya, in south China`s Hainan province.
The G20 Think Tank Summit (T20) China Kickoff Meeting opened on December 14-15 in Beijing, with the theme of “Towards an Innovative, Invigorated, Interconnected and Inclusive World Economy”.
In the course of making preparations for the 2016 G20 summit, China will work with all other parties to pull in one direction in the spirit of win-win partnership. We should pool wisdom, form synergy, implement the outcomes of the Antalya Summit and all previous summits, and jointly advance international economic cooperation.
China is already preparing for next year`s G20 Summit as it officially took over the G20 presidency. The theme of the 2016 G20 summit is "building an innovative, invigorated, interconnected and inclusive world economy".
China has assumed the G20 presidency since Dec 1. Over the next year - and especially at the organization`s September summit, to be held in Hangzhou - China plans to help lay the groundwork for a world economy that is more "innovative, invigorated, interconnected, and inclusive." The question is how.
China will host the 2016 Group of Twenty (G20) summit in the eastern city of Hangzhou from Sept. 4 to 5, and formally take over the presidency of G20 on Dec. 1, 2015.
The world`s tortuous progress towards the achievement of a comprehensive global climate change agreement takes a further step with the 2015 U.N. Climate Change Conference in Paris from November 30 to December 11. Clearly there is a need for a leading role to be played by China, the world`s largest emitter of greenhouse gases; and President Xi Jinping will attend the opening ceremonies to demonstrate the extreme importance which China attaches to this project.
Chinese President Xi Jinping addressed a working lunch on Nov. 16, 2015, during the 10th G20 summit held in Antalya, Turkey. Following is the full text:
China`s pledges of medium-high rate of growth and continued opening-up is unleashing development opportunities, and its call at the G20 and APEC summits for more connectivity has manifested its commitment to world economic development.