From left, Governor of the People's Bank of China Zhou Xiaochuan, Chinese Minister of Finance Xie Xuren, and China's Vice Premier Wang Qishan, speak together as they gather for a meeting with their U.S. counterparts during the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Washington, Monday, July 27, 2009. AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 months ago

From left, Governor of the People's Bank of China Zhou Xiaochuan, Chinese Minister of Finance Xie Xuren, and China's Vice Premier Wang Qishan, speak together as they gather for a meeting with their U.S. counterparts during the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Washington, Monday, July 27, 2009.

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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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  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.
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  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. Chinese Minister of Finance Xie Xuren arrives 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.
  13. Chinese Finance Minister Xie Xuren arrives to attend the G20 Finance Ministers meeting at a hotel in St. Andrews, Scotland November 6, 2009. The Group of 20 leading nations will agree this weekend it is too early to pull the plug on emergency support for the global economy and launch a new system of checks to help rebalance world growth and prevent future crises.
  14. Secretary General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Angel Gurria (R) speaks with China's Finance Minister Xie Xuren during the opening ceremony of the 3rd International Tax Dialogue Global Conference in Beijing October 26, 2009.
  15. China's Vice Premier Li Keqiang (R) reacts to the audience as he walks with China's Finance Minister Xie Xuren (L) during the opening ceremony of the 3rd International Tax Dialogue Global Conference in Beijing October 26, 2009.
  16. Chinese Finance Minister Xie Xuren is greeted by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner as he arrives at the leaders reception of the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009.

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