Premier Wen Jiabao met in Beijing with Dominique Strauss-Kahn,
the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Thursday afternoon in Beijing, and the two sides exchanged views on
the Chinese economy and other issues of common concern.
Wen briefed the IMF chief with the latest developments of the
Chinese macro economy and tasks that the Chinese government would
undertake in 2008. He stressed the importance of a stable Chinese
economy for the world economy that is in danger of a slowdown.
Chinese government is making efforts to change its economic
development pattern and optimize the economic structural, Wen told
the IMF chief, according to a press release from the People's Bank
of China (PBOC), China's central bank.
Wen expressed his hope that the IMF, under Strauss-Kahn's
leadership, would speed up the process of internal reform so that
its governance structure could better reflect the transition of the
world economy.
Wen also announced that China would join IMF's financial system
assessment program in 2008.
The press release did not offer any detail of Strauss-Kahn's
remarks during the meeting.
Strauss-Kahn was here at the PBOC's invitation.
(Xinhua News Agency February 15, 2008)
