The two countries should also work together to tackle the complicated and thorny issues facing the humanity in the 21st century to achieve mutually beneficial cooperation and common development, he said.

The Chinese president left Beijing on Wednesday morning with a call for overhauling the international financial system, stabilizing the global financial market and preventing trade protectionism.

In an exclusive interview with Xinhua before his departure for the G20 summit, Hu said that "the international financial system should undergo necessary reforms in an all-round, balanced, gradual and effective manner to prevent a similar (financial) crisis in the future."

Efforts should be made as soon as possible to stabilize the global financial market and earnestly give play to the role of finance in spurring the real economy to restore the confidence of the people and enterprises, he said.

The G20 consists of China, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, Britain, the United States and the European Union.

(Xinhua News Agency April 2, 2009)