China is expected to play a greater leadership role in promoting global growth and development as it hosts the G20 Leaders Summit on Sunday and Monday, according to an economist at a world's top think tank.
China's presidency of the G20 this year provides a unique opportunity to showcase the nation's growing leadership on the world stage, says a senior UK business leader.
A significant outcome of the G20 Leaders Summit will be an agreement on policy to invigorate international trade and stimulate growth, an economist with a US research center has predicted.
China's growing influence in global economic architecture is crucial both for this populous country's growth and that of the world, according to a renowned economist from Brussels.
The G20 Summit in Hangzhou is China's golden opportunity to take on a leadership position. China can play a critical role by nurturing the development of meaningful communication and initiating dialogue to seek win-win compromise and solutions. To restore stability, openness and economic hopefulness, China can help shape the following agenda: raise the level of understanding among nations, organize positive dialogue, push for global programs on inclusive growth and further structural reforms and market liberalization.
China has played an extremely important role in lifting the global economy since the 2008 financial crisis, according to Guy Ryder, director-general of the International Labor Organization, based in Geneva.
The ability to solve problems is declining in most industrialized countries, with the trend becoming obvious in the past two years, according to a study by a top Ger-man think tank.
Security of energy supplies is crucial to the G20 agenda of global growth, and China should play a bigger role in global energy security and climate change mitigation governance, said Christoph Frei, secretary-general of the World Energy Council.
China can be a leader in creating concrete international commitments toward green finance at the G20 summit, given its active role in this area, according to Roger Gifford, chairman of the City of London's Green Finance Initiative.
Sixteen years ago, when 56-year-old Dutch tycoon Marcel Boekhoorn decided to acquire the Ouwehands Zoo, about 90 km from Amsterdam, to sustain his passion for wildlife, he had two dreams to fulfill.
Dutch people are always rolling their sleeves up and showing their energy, according to Pieter van de Stadt, mayor of Lansingerland, which is next to the Dutch port city of Rotterdam.
BYD of China, one of the world's leading electric vehicle manufacturers, will put its European bus manufacturing plant, now under construction in Hungary, into operation next year to meet the rising demand for zero-emission vehicles in Europe, its European head told China Daily.
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