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The Financial Secretary, Mr John C Tsang, today (September 6) continued to participate in the Group of Twenty (G20) Leaders' Summit in St Petersburg as part of the delegation of the People's Republic of China.
At the Leaders' Second Working Session in the morning, attention focused on issues of ensuring job creation and inclusive growth and strengthening investment and structural reforms. In the afternoon session, growth and trade, adoption of the St Petersburg G20 Leaders Joint Statement and the outlook for the Australian G20 Presidency have been under discussion.
The two-day G20 Leaders' Summit will result in the adoption of the G20 Leaders Joint Statement that will reflect the G20's intentions and concrete mechanisms for further work on stimulating strong, sustainable and balanced growth.
Mr Tsang met with the Chinese Consul-General in St Petersburg, Mr Ji Yanchi, early in the morning.
Mr Tsang will leave St Petersburg tomorrow morning (September 7) and return to Hong Kong on Sunday (September 8).
Ends/Friday, September 6, 2013
Issued at HKT 19:23
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