2016 G20 Hangzhou summit
11th meeting of the Group of Twenty (G20)
The 2016 G20 Hangzhou summit was the eleventh meeting of the Group of Twenty (G20). It was held in the city of Hangzhou, Zhejiang. It was the first ever G20 summit to be hosted in China and the second in an Asian country after 2010 G20 Seoul summit was hosted in South Korea.
Context
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).
Climate change
On 3 September 2016, US President Barack Obama and CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping announced the ratification of the Paris Agreement (of the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference) by their countries, bringing the total number of countries ratifying the agreement to 26; the United States and China represent respectively 18 percent and 20 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions (the driving force behind global warming).
Economic statements
The main themes of final communiqué of the summit are:
Fight against tax evasion (asking the OECD for a black list of tax havens).
Favour international trade and investments and opposition to protectionism.
Fiscal stimulus and innovation to boost economic growth.
Combating "populist attacks" against globalization.
Strengthen support for refugees.
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