China and G8
- ·China was first invited to informal South-North dialogue meeting at the G8 summit in 2003. President Hu Jintao attended that year's meeting held in Evian, France and made a package of proposals on world development and cooperation.
Since then, President Hu has successively attended four dialogue meetings, in July 2005, July 2006 and June 2007 respectively, briefing participants about China's stance on major international issues. He also exchanged views with other leaders who attended these meetings.
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