China to take active role in US summit on financial crisis

BEIJING: Premier Wen Jiabao said on Saturday China would take an active role in a crucial international summit in the United States next month aimed at tackling the global financial meltdown.

"We will take an active part in the upcoming international financial summit to be held in Washington DC," Wen told journalists at the end of a summit of more than 40 countries from the Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) in Beijing.

"We will take a cooperative and pragmatic approach in working with other countries so as to find a solution in the financial crisis."

However he did not say which Chinese leader would attend.

Leaders from 20 industrialised and emerging powers will meet in Washington on November 15 to discuss the economic turmoil.