国内英语新闻:Chinese president promotes growth at APEC meeting, meets Japanese PM

Hu was a keynote speaker at the APEC CEO summit, an important business session at the forum and a symbol of public-private cooperation.

The emerging markets in the Asia-Pacific region, with robust and sustained development, have become an important engine driving world economic growth, Hu said in his speech, "Towards Common Development and Shared Prosperity."

"In the fight against the international financial crisis, the emerging markets were the first to achieve an economic rebound and fairly rapid growth and played an important part in promoting world economic recovery," Hu said.

Hu presented four of his observations on the region's emerging markets.

First, the Asia-Pacific emerging markets have made important contribution to world development and will continue to offer enormous development opportunities.

Second, the Asia-Pacific emerging markets still face many daunting challenges despite their rapid development.

Hu cited the challenge of ensuring coordinated development between urban and rural areas, among different regions and between the economic and social sectors.

"While acknowledging their development achievements, the international community must fully appreciate their difficulties and challenges," he said.

Third, the Asia-Pacific emerging markets have actively responded to global challenges and the international responsibilities they undertake should be commensurate with their development stage.

Fourth, the global community should improve the international economic and financial systems and create an enabling environment for the common development of emerging markets and all other countries.