Economic agenda gets full support

Germany welcomes China's G20 economic agenda and called for more innovation, less protectionism and more structural reforms, German ambassador to China Michael Clauss told China Daily ahead of the summit.

"We strongly welcome that China has put the question of how to reanimate the world's economy at the top of the agenda. We hope that the summit will help us move forward with respect to three issues in particular: more innovation, less protectionism and more structural reforms," said the ambassador.

"We believe that for bringing us back on a path toward sustainable growth, the world needs to move further on these three issues. We are glad China will raise them in Hangzhou and we expect that the summit will generate much needed momentum."