Since China took over G20 presidency on Dec 1, 2015, several Chinese cities have hosted various meetings including G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting before the Hangzhou Summit to be held in September. Let us have a look.

A mother plays with her child at the seashore in sunset in Sanya, south China' Hainan Province, September, 2015. (Photo: Xinhua/Chen Wenwu)

Sanya

The first G20 Finance and Central Bank Deputies Meeting was held in the coastal city of Sanya, South China's Hainan province, on Dec 14 to 15, 2015.

Lou Jiwei, finance minister of China, introduced the agenda, priorities and work program of G20 finance track in 2016 on the first high-level meeting since China took over the G20 Presidency on Dec 1 2015.

Beijing

The T20 China Kickoff Meeting was held in the city on Dec 14-15 2015. As one of the important engagement groups of G20, T20 is an important platform for global think tank representatives to contribute their wisdom and thoughts for the G20. The T20 China Kickoff Meeting marks the first G20 engagement event in China.

The Energy Ministerial Meeting was also held in Beijing on June 29-30, 2016.

As one of the specialized ministerial meeting before the G20 Hangzhou Summit, this meeting, which Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli attended, was themed Shaping a Low-carbon, Smart and Sharing Energy Future.

Later, the Labor and Employment Ministerial Meeting was held in Beijing from July 12 to 13.

The meeting adopted the Ministerial Meeting Declaration with 5 outcome Annexes, including G20 Entrepreneurship Action Plan and G20 Initiative to Promote Quality Apprenticeship.

Xiamen

The first Energy Sustainability Working Group Meeting was held on Jan 28 on this coastal city in East China's Fujian province.

Delegates discussed energy access, clean energy, energy efficiency, global energy governance, implementation of previous commitments, and agreed to work together towards further progress through this year's G20 energy agenda.

Later, the third Finance and Central Bank Deputies Meeting was also held in this city on June 22 and 23.

Consensus was reached on this year's major expected outcomes under the G20 finance track. Related outcomes are ready for submission to the third G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting to be held in Chengdu for approval.