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11th meeting of the Group of Twenty (G20)
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2016 G20 Hangzhou summit
Group photo, on 4 September 2016
Host country China Date 4–5 September 2016 Motto Towards an Innovative, Invigorated, Interconnected, and Inclusive World Economy Venue(s) Hangzhou International Exhibition Centre
[1]
[2] Cities
Hangzhou ,
Zhejiang Participants
G20 membersGuest invitees : Chad, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Laos, Senegal, Spain, Singapore, Thailand Chair
Xi Jinping ,
President Follows
2015 G20 Antalya summit Precedes
2017 G20 Hamburg summit
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] bringing the total number of countries ratifying the agreement to 26;
[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]
Summit documents
The heads of state and government of G20 issued a joint statement with a summary of the main results of the meeting. The statement is divided in the following documents:
Communiqué 2016
[12]
Annex to the Leaders' Declaration
[13]
Hangzhou Action Plan
[14]
Blueprint on Innovative Growth
[15]
G20 Action Plan on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
[16]
Participating leaders
List of leaders who took part in the 2016 G20 Hangzhou summit:
[17]
Invited guests
International organizations
Controversy
Internet censorship
Xi Jinping in the speech quoted "
Guoyu ", Traditional Chinese history books, in Chapter 9 of the "
通商
宽
农 " (tōng shāng kuān nóng , meaning reducing taxes and make road easy to walk, promote commercialization, and relax agriculture
[20] ), but he mistakenly pronounced it as "通商宽衣 " ("
宽
衣 " kuān yī means Undress), the
Central Propaganda Department ordered media and social platforms to prohibit this discussion.
[21]
References
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"外交部在京举行G20杭州峰会中外媒体吹风会" (in Chinese).
Archived from the original on 30 August 2016.
^ The welcoming ceremony (G20 summit evening gala), directed by
Zhang Yimou , was held at the
West Lake on 4 September 2016.
^
a
b (in French) Frédéric Lelièvre,
"La Chine championne du monde de la finance verte"
Archived 14 September 2016 at the
Wayback Machine ,
Le temps , 29 August 2016 (page visited on 2 September 2016).
^ Tom Phillips,
"Ghost town: how China emptied Hangzhou to guarantee 'perfect' G20"
Archived 24 September 2016 at the
Wayback Machine ,
The Guardian , Monday 5 September 2016 (page visited on 5 September 2016).
^
Reuters ,
"China's Hangzhou Turns Ghost Town as G20 Leaders Arrive" ,
The New York Times , 3 September 2016 (page visited on 4 September 2016).
^ A similar approach was used for the
2008 Summer Olympics in
Beijing , see
Air pollution at the 2008 S15 China Victory Day Parade .
^ (in French) Étienne Dubuis,
"L’accord de Paris pourrait entrer en vigueur d’ici à la fin de l’année"
Archived 14 September 2016 at the
Wayback Machine ,
Le temps , 1 September 2016 (page visited on 2 September 2016).
^
a
b
"Paris climate deal: US and China formally join pact"
Archived 2 January 2018 at the
Wayback Machine ,
BBC News , 3 September 2016 (page visited on 4 September 2016).
^ (in French)
""Le débat avec les climatosceptiques est terminé", selon Ban Ki-Moon"
Archived 8 October 2016 at the
Wayback Machine ,
Radio télévision suisse , 4 September 2016 (page visited on 4 September 2016).
^ Simon Roger and Brice Pedroletti,
"La Chine et les États-Unis ratifient l’accord de Paris sur le climat"
Archived 17 September 2016 at the
Wayback Machine ,
Le Monde , 3 September 2016 (page visited on 4 September 2016).
^ (in French)
"Accord du G20 pour « s’opposer au protectionnisme » et lutter contre l’évasion fiscale"
Archived 8 September 2016 at the
Wayback Machine ,
Le Monde , 5 September 2016 (page visited on 5 September 2016).
^
https://www.g20.org/Content/DE/_Anlagen/G7_G20/2016-09-04-g20-kommunique-en.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=6 [
permanent dead link ]
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https://www.g20.org/Content/DE/_Anlagen/G7_G20/2016-09-05-g20-abschluss-annex-eng.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=7 [
permanent dead link ]
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https://www.g20.org/Content/DE/_Anlagen/G7_G20/2016-09-08-g20-action-plan-en.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=4 [
permanent dead link ]
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https://www.g20.org/Content/DE/_Anlagen/G7_G20/2016-09-08-g20-blueprint-on-innovation-growth.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=4 [
permanent dead link ]
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https://www.g20.org/Content/DE/_Anlagen/G7_G20/2016-09-08-g20-agenda-action-plan.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=4 [
permanent dead link ]
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"Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lu Kang's Regular Press Conference on 24 August 2016" . Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China. 24 August 2016.
Archived from the original on 26 August 2016.
^
a
b
c
"G20 Hangzhou Summit preparations going smoothly"
Archived 22 February 2016 at the
Wayback Machine ,
Xinhua News Agency , 16 February 2016 (page visited on 4 September 2016).
^ Derrick Ho,
"PM Lee expresses confidence in long-term outlook of China's economy, accepts invitation to G-20 summit"
Archived 8 December 2015 at the
Wayback Machine ,
The Straits Times , 7 November 2015 (page visited on 4 September 2016).
^
"Language Log » Annals of literary vs. vernacular, part 2" .
Archived from the original on 17 June 2017.
^
中国网络审查员狂删习近平“宽衣”口误议论帖 (in Chinese).
Voice of America . 6 September 2016.
Archived from the original on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017 .
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