Governor of the People's Bank of China Zhou Xiaochuan, center, and his delegation arrive at the Treasury Department in Washington Tuesday, July 28, 2009, for meetings with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner at the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue. AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 months ago

Governor of the People's Bank of China Zhou Xiaochuan, center, and his delegation arrive at the Treasury Department in Washington Tuesday, July 28, 2009, for meetings with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner at the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue.

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  1. SHENZHEN, CHINA - OCTOBER 30: Zhou Xiaochuan, the governor of the People's Bank of China, gives a speech during the listing ceremony on October 30, 2009 in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province. China's Nasdaq-style market, ChiNext, made their debut Friday on the Shenzhen-based exchange.
  2. A woman eats an orange next to a stand displaying counterfeit sunglasses for sale in central Shanghai October 23, 2009. China's corporate goods price index in September dropped 5.9 percent from a year earlier, compared with August's fall of 7.1 percent, the People's Bank of China said on Thursday.

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  1. Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, left, and Chinese Central Banker Zhou Xiaochuan share a joke as they arrive for the evening dinner at an hotel, in St Andrews, Scotland as part of the G20 Finance Ministers and Bank Governors Meeting, Friday Nov. 6, 2009.
  2. China's Central Bank Governor Zhou Xiaochuan attends the signing of a memorandum in Hong Kong June 29, 2009. Obama, who will visit Shanghai and Beijing for the first time on Nov. 15-18, spent much of his childhood in Hawaii, five time zones away from Washington, D.C.; and beginning in 1967, when he was six years old, he lived in Jakarta for four years. Although U.S. President Barack Obama has never set foot there, China cast a long shadow in the Pacific region where he grew up. Picture taken June 29, 2009. To match Special Report CHINA/USA.
  3. SHENZHEN, CHINA - OCTOBER 30: Zhou Xiaochuan, the governor of the People's Bank of China, gives a speech during the listing ceremony on October 30, 2009 in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province. China's Nasdaq-style market, ChiNext, made their debut Friday on the Shenzhen-based exchange.
  4. Workers install a new sign for a branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) in downtown Shanghai September 23, 2009. China's growing economic influence in the developing world merits a louder voice for Beijing in the international financial system, central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan said in comments published on Wednesday. Zhou's remarks feed into a debate about how to redistribute voting power in institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to better reflect the fast growth of big emerging economies including China.
  5. Construction workers erect scaffolding on a building site located on the outskirts of Beijing September 23, 2009. China's growing economic influence in the developing world merits a louder voice for Beijing in the international financial system, central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan said in comments published on Wednesday. Zhou's remarks feed into a debate about how to redistribute voting power in institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to better reflect the fast growth of big emerging economies including China.
  6. Li Dongrong, assistant governor of the People's Bank of China (PBC), addresses the opening session of the first Kuwait Financial Forum in Kuwait City on November 1, 2009. The forum aims to discuss the impact of the global financial crisis on Arab economies.
  7. Li Dongrong, assistant governor of the People's Bank of China (PBC), addresses the opening session of the first Kuwait Financial Forum in Kuwait City on November 1, 2009. The forum aims to discuss the impact of the global financial crisis on Arab economies.
  8. SHENZHEN, CHINA - OCTOBER 30: Zhou Xiaochuan, the governor of the People's Bank of China, gives a speech during the listing ceremony on October 30, 2009 in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province. China's Nasdaq-style market, ChiNext, made their debut Friday on the Shenzhen-based exchange.
  9. A migrant construction worker walks to carry sand bags into a restaurant under renovation in central Shanghai October 23, 2009. China's corporate goods price index in September dropped 5.9 percent from a year earlier, compared with August's fall of 7.1 percent, the People's Bank of China said on Thursday.
  10. A paramilitary policeman carries a boy back from school on his bicycle in central Shanghai October 23, 2009. China's corporate goods price index in September dropped 5.9 percent from a year earlier, compared with August's fall of 7.1 percent, the People's Bank of China said on Thursday.
  11. Workers paint on a wall in central Shanghai October 23, 2009. China's corporate goods price index in September dropped 5.9 percent from a year earlier, compared with August's fall of 7.1 percent, the People's Bank of China said on Thursday.
  12. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 18: Treasury Secretary Timonthy Geithner hosts a small business forum in the Cash Room at the Treasury Department November 18, 2009 in Washington, DC. More than 100 small business leaders and politicians were invited by the White House to participate in the small business financing forum.
  13. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 18: (L-R) Small Business Administrator Karen Mills, Treasury Secretary Timonthy Geithner, Gentle Parking's William Ortiz-Cartagena and SHEEX Co-Founder Susan Walvisu listen to Andy Cabral (C) of Dunkin Donuts speak during a small businss financing forum at the Treasury Department November 18, 2009 in Washington, DC. More than 100 small business leaders and politicians were invited by the White House to participate in the small business financing forum.
  14. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 18: (L-R) Small Business Administrator Karen Mills, Treasury Secretary Timonthy Geithner and SHEEX Co-Founder Susan Walvisu (R) listen to Andy Cabral of Dunkin Donuts speak during a small businss financing forum at the Treasury Department November 18, 2009 in Washington, DC. More than 100 small business leaders and politicians were invited by the White House to participate in the small business financing forum.
  15. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 18: Treasury Secretary Timonthy Geithner checks his watch in between panels during a small business financing forum at the Treasury Department November 18, 2009 in Washington, DC. More than 100 small business leaders and politicians were invited by the White House to participate in the small business financing forum.
  16. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 18: Treasury Secretary Timonthy Geithner (R) talks with Small Business Administrator Karen Mills during a small business forum at the Treasury Department November 18, 2009 in Washington, DC. More than 100 small business leaders and politicians were invited by the White House to participate in the small business financing forum.

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