2016 G20 Hangzhou summit


The 2016 G20 Hangzhou summit was the eleventh meeting of the Group of Twenty. 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 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 factories in the region were asked to stop their production.

Climate change

On 3 September 2016, Barack Obama and Xi Jinping announced the ratification of the Paris Agreement by their countries. After they did it, it is 26 countries which have ratified the agreement so far; the United States and China represent respectively 18 percent and 20 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions.

Economic statements

The main themes of final communiqué of the summit are:
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:
List of leaders who took part in the 2016 G20 Hangzhou summit:

Invited guests

International organisations

Controversy

Internet censorship

Xi Jinping in the speech quoted "Guoyu", Traditional Chinese history books, in Chapter 9 of the "", but he mistakenly pronounced it as "通商宽衣", the Central Propaganda Department ordered media and social platforms to prohibit this discussion.