Full coverage: G20 Hangzhou Summit

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Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) holds talks with his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev in Hangzhou, capital city of east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 2, 2016. (Xinhua/Ding Lin)

HANGZHOU, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev voiced hopes in their talks here Friday that the upcoming summit of the Group of 20 (G20) can chart a course for the world economy, cultivate growth engines and boost global confidence.

Nazarbayev was invited as a leader of the guest countries to the 11th G20 summit scheduled to be held on Sept. 4-5 in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou.