Chinese president arrives for G20 summit in Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH, United States, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived in Pittsburgh on Thursday to attend the Group of 20 summit which focuses on how to nurture recovery from the global economic and financial recession.

President Hu is expected to outline in Pittsburgh China's stance on how to promote the world economic recovery, how to reform the international financial system, and how to achieve a balanced and sustainable growth, according to Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei.

Chinese President Hu Jintao (R Front) arrives in Pittsburgh of the United  States Sept. 24, 2009 to attend the Group of 20 summit. (Xinhua/Yao Dawei)

The Pittsburgh G20 will be the third such summit held since the onset of the global economic recession caused by a financial crisis.

China expects the Pittsburgh summit, apart from reviewing the progress already made since the Washington and London summits, to achieve positive results in macro-economic policy coordination, reform of international financial organizations, development and measures against protectionism, the Chinese vice foreign minister said.

He added that the previous two summits had achieved very important results thanks to broad consensus. He expected the third summit to actively advance the reform of governance of international financial institutions by giving a greater say and representation to developing countries and emerging economies.