Regional summit to tackle crisis

The global financial turmoil will top the agenda when leaders of China, Japan and South Korea meet this weekend, a senior Chinese official and experts said yesterday.

Premier Wen Jiabao, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso are scheduled to hold a summit in the Japanese city of Fukuoka tomorrow.

"Given the current financial crisis, cooperation among the three countries is of great significance," Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said yesterday. "We hope the three countries join hands to tackle the crisis."