Chinese President arrives in London for financial summit

Source: Xinhua | 04-01-2009 19:19

LONDON, April 1 ( Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived in London on Wednesday to attend the Group of 20 (G20) summit, which will be dominated by discussions of measures to tackle the international financial crisis.

Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) is welcomed by British former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, who is the special envoy of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, upon his arrival in London, Britain, on April 1, 2009. Hu Jintao arrived in London on Wednesday to attend the Group of 20 (G20) summit. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)

The London Summit brings together leaders of the G20 and representatives of international organizations and financial institutions to work cooperatively to restore stability and stimulate global economic growth.

At Thursday's summit, the leaders will focus on such subjects as enhancing the coordination of macroeconomic policies, pushing for necessary reforms in the world financial system, and stabilizing global financial market.

The G20 summit provides an important platform for the international community to jointly tackle the global economic and financial crisis, President Hu told Xinhua on Tuesday.

The London summit, as a follow-up to a meeting last November in Washington, would be highly significant in restoring global confidence, stabilizing international financial markets and pushing for the restoration of growth in the world economy, Hu said.

China as a responsible country would work with all other parties attending the summit to help yield "positive" and "practical" results, the president said.