IMF Managing Director Meets Chinese Premier Li Qiang... "Expecting Close Cooperation"

On the Same Day, Meeting with Pangungsong People's Bank Governor Also Revealed

Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), met with Chinese Premier Li Chang in Beijing on the 1st.

Kristalina Georgieva, IMF Managing Director, and Li Chang, Premier of China [Photo by Kristalina Georgieva, IMF Managing Director X Capture]

On the same day, Managing Director Georgieva posted on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), "I was very pleased to meet Premier Li again," along with a photo of her shaking hands with Premier Li at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

She added, "We had a productive discussion and look forward to continuing close cooperation with China on the global issues we face today, especially climate change and support for developing countries."

That day, Managing Director Georgieva also revealed through photos that she met with Pan Gongsheng, Governor of the People's Bank of China.

On X, she said, "I was very pleased to personally congratulate Governor Pan on his new role," and added, "Under Governor Pan's leadership, I look forward to deeper cooperation with the People's Bank to address the various global challenges we face."

Earlier, Managing Director Georgieva had announced that she met with Minister of Finance Liu Kun the previous day.

Georgieva visited China for five days starting from the 30th of last month ahead of attending the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) summit in Indonesia and the G20 summit in India.

In its World Economic Outlook report released on the 25th of last month, the IMF raised its global economic growth forecast for this year to 3.0%, up 0.2 percentage points from April. This revision considered factors such as the official end of the COVID-19 pandemic, normalization of supply chains, resolution of financial sector instability, and inflationary pressures easing faster than expected. However, it noted that ongoing challenges continue to limit the medium-term outlook.

China's growth forecast remained unchanged from the previous projection, at 5.2% for this year and 4.5% for next year.

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