The G20 summit in Hangzhou is actually a ＂taste＂ of the world!
From September 4th to 5th, the 11th summit of G20 leaders will be held in Hangzhou, China. This is the first G20 summit in China, the most important home diplomacy in China this year, and the highest-level, largest and most influential international summit we have hosted in recent years.
The G20 summit, which sounds so tall, did not choose the "big brother" with the highest internationalization — — Go north to Guangzhou, but why spend it in Hang Cheng?
Want to know the answer, Xiaobian will take you back to those countries that hosted G20 summits in the past, and see what kind of cities they chose? Maybe we can find out why.
The first summit in 2008: Washington
The Group of Twenty (G20) was convened by the finance ministers of the Group of Seven in propose to create in 1999. Before the outbreak of the international financial crisis in 2008, the G20 only held a meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors to exchange views on international financial and monetary policies, the reform of the international financial system and the development of the world economy. After the global financial crisis hit the world economy hard, the G20, which controls nearly 90% of the world’s GDP and nearly 80% of the world’s trade volume, began to sit still. At the initiative of the United States, the G20 was promoted to a leaders’ summit.
Since it was initiated by the United States, the first summit was naturally held in the United States. Moreover, the 2008 financial crisis began in the United States, and the main topic of the summit was how to deal with the financial crisis. Therefore, it is also necessary to hold the meeting in the United States. For the first time, the heads of state who come to so many big countries are of course the most suitable in Washington, DC.
The second summit in 2009: London
The background of this summit is that after the financial crisis, the international community called for the reform of the international monetary system dominated by the US dollar, or related to monetary finance. After the first summit was held in the United States, the second center of world finance — — London.
The third summit in 2009: Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is the second largest city in Pennsylvania, USA, after Philadelphia. It was once a famous steel industrial city in the United States and was known as the "steel capital of the world".
But after 1980s, with the increase of steel production in China, Pittsburgh’s steel business has faded out. In 2009, eight of the top 500 companies in the United States set their global headquarters in this city, ranking eighth in the United States. In the 21st century, Pittsburgh has been transformed into a prosperous industrial and commercial city famous for its biotechnology, computer technology, robot manufacturing, medical and health care, finance and education, and has become a model of successful urban economic transformation in the United States.
Therefore, Pittsburgh is a "transformation" model worker, and the finance has also developed rapidly. It is of great symbolic significance for the recovering world economy to hold it here.
The fourth summit in 2010: Toronto
Toronto is the largest city in Canada, the fourth largest city in North America and one of the most diversified cities in the world. 49% of the residents are immigrants from more than 100 nationalities from all over the world. As the economic center of Canada, Toronto is also one of the largest financial centers in the world.
At the same time, due to the extremely low crime rate and pleasant environment, Toronto has been rated as one of the most livable cities in the world, occupying the top ten livable cities in the world for many years.
The theme of this summit is "recovery". After the economic crisis, we really need to relax ourselves after work. Choosing Toronto for the meeting is a suitable choice in terms of hardware and software.
The Fifth Summit in 2010: Seoul
Since the establishment of G20 Summit, the previous meetings have been held in Europe and America, and as one of the regions with the most active economic development in the world — — Asia has not been held yet, so it is reasonable to move the summit to Asia.
The previous summits were held in the member countries of the old G7 Group. Since they were placed in Asia, they took a fancy to the late-developing trend of Asia. Therefore, it is more appropriate to choose South Korea, one of the "four little dragons of Asia" that was caught up later, instead of Japan, representing the emerging economies.
Apart from Seoul, which created the miracle of the Han River, no other city can represent Korea better.
The Sixth Summit in 2011: Cannes
When it comes to Cannes, I believe that the first thing that comes to your mind is never a brain-burning topic like the world economy, but more red carpets, movies, beaches and so on. For the first time, the French chose Cannes instead of Paris for its summit, which seems to live up to its name as a "romantic country".
Since then, the G20 summit site selection standard seems to have been "deviated" by the French, away from "this center, that capital" and started another painting style. Perhaps the heads of state suddenly found it more efficient to discuss issues in a relaxed and comfortable environment?
The Seventh Summit in 2012: los cabos
Los cabos, Mexico is a seaside town located in baja california sur, Mexico. It is an internationally renowned holiday resort. There are 33 kilometers of "seaside corridors" with different scenery, hundreds of luxury hotels, duty-free shops with luxury brands and world-class professional golf courses.
The unique natural beauty and advanced service facilities make los cabos the resort with the highest return rate of Latin American tourists, which also creates convenient conditions for los cabos to host large-scale international conferences.
There are several flights between los cabos and the capital, Mexico City, with convenient transportation. Los cabos can be reached in more than two hours by plane from Los Angeles or Houston.
The eighth summit in 2013: St. Petersburg
It has a long history and profound heritage, and is the "window" for Russia to Europe. St. Petersburg is often called the most westernized city in Russia, and it is Russia’s window to Europe. Many foreign consulates, multinational companies, banks and other business bases are located in St. Petersburg, which is also an international city with highly developed science, technology and industry.
Culture, art and science education, it is proficient in everything and has a great reputation. Many famous Russian poets and writers, such as Pushkin, lermontov and Gorky, have lived and created here.
The Ninth Summit in 2014: Brisbane
Indeed, it is not as famous as Sydney and Melbourne, but it represents the hope of development. Generally speaking, it is a "potential stock".
Brisbane has excellent infrastructure and urban layout with expansion potential, and it is the most comfortable city in Australia in weather and environment. It is only 50 minutes’ drive from the Gold Coast, Australia’s most famous tourist city, and only 20 minutes’ drive from another Sunshine Coast resort. These are very popular tourist resorts and ideal retirement places.
This is a rapidly developing city, among which Brisbane’s technical quadrangle is particularly famous and has great influence in the world.
The 10th Summit in 2015: Antalya
Antalya is also the largest city on the south coast of Turkey. The climate is warm, there are many historical sites nearby, and it faces the Mediterranean Sea. It is a good place for swimming, surfing, water skiing, boating, mountain climbing and skiing, which has developed into a tourist center.
After reviewing so much, do you have any idea about the preference for the host city of G20 Summit?
Since the G20 Summit in Cannes, France in 2011, the host country’s choice of cities seems to be far away from various economic and political centers. Generally, the summit venue has several characteristics: innovative development potential, new economic growth pole, green development and a certain cultural background. In China, isn’t this "Hangzhou"?
The most mobile city
Hangzhou has quietly become the world’s largest mobile payment city. 98% of taxis, more than 95% of supermarket convenience stores and more than 50% of restaurants in Hangzhou can use mobile payment, and even a considerable number of vegetable market stalls can pay bills with mobile phones.
The most internet city
According to the report released by Peking University in April, Hangzhou has the highest development index of Internet finance, and Beijing with Financial Street and Zhongguancun and Shanghai with Lujiazui are only ranked seventh and eighth.
The city with the fastest entrepreneurial tide
Hangzhou, together with Beijing and Shenzhen, is recognized as the three centers of China’s entrepreneurial tide, and from the recent development speed, Hangzhou is the fastest.
A city embracing the tertiary industry
Instead of developing heavy chemical industry and manufacturing industry, Hangzhou focuses on developing the tertiary industry, especially science and technology and finance.
At the beginning of this century, Hangzhou went against the trend, tearing down the fence in the West Lake and canceling the tickets, becoming the first 5A scenic spot in China free of tickets.
In the past 15 years, the growth rate of the tertiary industry in Hangzhou has reached 9.3 times, far behind the nearly 5 times growth rate of Xi ‘an and Guilin, both tourist cities. Compared with first-tier cities like Beijing and Shanghai, Hangzhou’s tertiary industry also has a speed advantage.
There is also an Alibaba.
I don’t need to go into details about this. In a word, "if there is no Taobao, how will you place your own’ buyer’?"
Bring your own aura of "inside information"
It has the reputation of "there is heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below";
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There are many more things about Hangzhou … … However, Xiao Bian feels that these are enough for the G20 summit to settle in Hangzhou. What do you say?