What they say

Supporting the multilateral trade system should remain a priority for the G20 agenda. However, the G20 should no longer view the WTO as an isolated institution, but instead develop its leadership role within the broader ecosystem of the global trade and investment architecture.

Ricardo Melndez-Ortiz, chief executive of the International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development, Switzerland

The importance of China's economic success is evident for developing economies - if most other developing economies could achieve the scale of China's economic success, the global problem of poverty and its consequences would be solved.

John Ross, senior fellow at the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China

As an important forum on global governance, the G20, which made significant achievements in tackling the economic crisis in 2008, is shifting its focus to long-term global economic governance and thus faces multifaceted challenges.

Chen Dongxiao, president of the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies

Trade growth rates in recent years have been lower than economic growth rates. There are both structural and cyclical factors behind this.

Dong Yan, senior fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

(China Daily 07/29/2016 page6)