President Hu to voice stance at UN, G20 summits

• Source: Xinhua
• [08:13 September 16 2009]
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China's President Hu Jintao is to elaborate the country's stance on various current issues, ranging from climate change and nuclear disarmament to economic recovery and trade protectionism, to United Nations and G20 summits next week.

"Hu will call for stronger international efforts on climate change and introduce new measures that China is taking," China's Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei said at a press briefing Tuesday.

The briefing outlined Hu's attendance at the summits in the United States next week.

Invited by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Hu will address the opening session of a UN climate change summit on Sept. 22.

"He will fully elaborate China's stance and proposals on climate change and what China is doing about it," He said.

He said the UN summit was expected to "inject a political impetus" into the Copenhagen conference in December, which will attempt to formulate a post-Kyoto deal on climate change.

He reaffirmed "common but differentiated principles" and called for developed nations to share technology and funding with developing ones.

"We hope the summit will send a positive signal," He said, emphasizing joint efforts to make the Copenhagen conference a success.

Hu will also deliver a speech at the 64th annual general debate of the UN General Assembly, outlining China's ideas about how to safeguard world peace, boost common development, promote mutual benefit and seek harmonious co-existence.