Li to hold 6th ‘1+6’ roundtable with financial leaders

Premier Li Keqiang delivers a speech via video link to the 13th Asia-Europe Meeting, on Nov 25, 2021. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

BEIJING – Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will hold the sixth "1+6" Roundtable in Beijing via videoconference with leaders of major international economic institutions on Dec 6, a foreign ministry spokesperson announced Thursday.

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David Malpass, president of the World Bank Group; Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund; Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organization; Guy Ryder, director-general of the International Labor Organization; Mathias Cormann, secretary-general of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and Klaas Knot, chairman of the Financial Stability Board, will attend the meeting, spokesperson Wang Wenbin told a daily news briefing.

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Themed "Promoting Strong, Inclusive and Sustainable Growth of the World Economy: From Recovery to Restructuring," the roundtable will see discussions and exchanges on multiple subjects including the world economic situation, global economic governance and China's commitment to promoting high-quality development through reform and opening-up, the spokesperson said.