Lagarde said she IMF tries to serve as a platform that establishes and encourages dialogue, without saying if the IMF has actively played a mediating role between China and the US.
Kong noted that both China and the United States are permanent members of the UN Security Council. They account for more than one-third of the world's economic volume, and their contribution to world economic growth exceeds 50 percent. Both nations should foster their relations with a responsible attitude toward global peace, stability and development.
Lam won the chief executive election with 777 of 1,163 valid votes on March 26. She is expected to assume office on July 1, 2017.
Lai, a Jiangxi province native, started his career at the People's Bank of China in July 1983, and went onto hold key positions at the China Banking Regulatory Commission and Beijing Banking Regulatory Bureau.
Lam was referring to the long-standing abeyance of Article 23 of the Basic Law, which stipulates Hong Kong shall enact its own national security legislation to prohibit any acts that endanger national security, such as secession and subversion.
Lai, founder of the city's tabloid-style Apple Daily newspaper, appeared in court on Saturday, charged with colluding with foreign forces or external elements to endanger national security. He is the first in the city to be charged with the offense, under the National Security Law for Hong Kong, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.
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LHASA - Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region received a record number of 2.7 million tourists, including 39,900 from overseas, in the first four months of this year, up 63.5 percent year-on-year.
Kuaigou Hailing's booth at an expo in Shenzhen, Oct 11, 2018. [Photo/VCG]
Kondapalli also hopes for further progress to be made at the Xiamen summit in the BRICS cooperation on combating climate change, while noting differences remain within the BRICS group on issues of cyber security, making cooperation in this area unlikely at present.
Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia-Transport (LAPSSET) Corridor Development Authority Director General Sylvester Kasuku told a media briefing in Nairobi that dredging works began in October 2016 and the work is currently 20 percent complete.