2016 G20 Hangzhou summit

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2016 G20 Hangzhou summit
Host country China
Venue(s) Hangzhou International Exhibition Centre[1][2]
Cities Hangzhou, Zhejiang
Participants G20 members
Guest invitees: Egypt, Kazakhstan, Laos, Senegal, Spain, Singapore, Thailand
Chair Xi Jinping, President
Follows 2015 G20 Antalya summit
Precedes 2017 G20 Hamburg summit
Group photo, on 4 September 2016.

The 2016 G20 Hangzhou summit was the eleventh meeting of the Group of Twenty (G20). It was held on 4–5 September 2016 in the city of Hangzhou, Zhejiang. It was the first ever G20 summit to be hosted in China[3] and the second in an Asian country after 2010 G20 Seoul summit was hosted in South Korea.

Context

Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama, on 5 September 2016.

Pollution in China

In the days before the G20 Hangzhou summit, only some vehicles were allowed through the city, construction sites were stopped, inhabitants received a week-long holidays (and were encouraged to leave the city) and factories in the region (including more than two hundred steel mills) were asked to stop their production (in order to temporarily reduce air pollution).[3][4][5][6]

Climate Change

On 3 September 2016, Barack Obama and Xi Jinping announced the ratification of the Paris Agreement (of the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference) by their countries.[7][8] After they did it, it is 26 countries which have ratified the agreement so far;[9] the United States and China represent respectively 18 percent and 20 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions (the driving force behind global warming).[8][10]

Economic statements

The main themes of final communiqué of the summit are:[11]

Participating leaders

List of leaders took part in the 2016 G20 Hangzhou summit:[12]

Invited guests

  1. ^ a b c "G20 Hangzhou Summit preparations going smoothly", Xinhua News Agency, 16 February 2016 (page visited on 4 September 2016).
  2. ^ Derrick Ho, "PM Lee expresses confidence in long-term outlook of China's economy, accepts invitation to G-20 summit", The Straits Times, 7 November 2015 (page visited on 4 September 2016).

International organisations

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "外交部在京举行G20杭州峰会中外媒体吹风会" (in Chinese).
  2. ↑ The welcoming ceremony (G20 summit evening gala), directed by Zhang Yimou, was held at the West Lake on 4 September 2016.
  3. 1 2 (French) Frédéric Lelièvre, "La Chine championne du monde de la finance verte", Le temps, 29 August 2016 (page visited on 2 September 2016).
  4. ↑ Tom Phillips, "Ghost town: how China emptied Hangzhou to guarantee 'perfect' G20", The Guardian, Monday 5 September 2016 (page visited on 5 September 2016).
  5. ↑ Reuters, "China's Hangzhou Turns Ghost Town as G20 Leaders Arrive", The New York Times, 3 September 2016 (page visited on 4 September 2016).
  6. ↑ A similar approach was used for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, see Air pollution at the 2008 S15 China Victory Day Parade.
  7. ↑ (French) Étienne Dubuis, "L’accord de Paris pourrait entrer en vigueur d’ici à la fin de l’année", Le temps, 1 September 2016 (page visited on 2 September 2016).
  8. 1 2 "Paris climate deal: US and China formally join pact", BBC News, 3 September 2016 (page visited on 4 September 2016).
  9. ↑ (French) ""Le débat avec les climatosceptiques est terminé", selon Ban Ki-Moon", Radio télévision suisse, 4 September 2016 (page visited on 4 September 2016).
  10. ↑ Simon Roger and Brice Pedroletti, "La Chine et les États-Unis ratifient l’accord de Paris sur le climat", Le monde, 3 September 2016 (page visited on 4 September 2016).
  11. ↑ (French) "Accord du G20 pour « s’opposer au protectionnisme » et lutter contre l’évasion fiscale", Le monde, 5 September 2016 (page visited on 5 September 2016).
  12. ↑ "Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lu Kang's Regular Press Conference on 24 August 2016". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China. 24 August 2016.

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