Finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of 20 (G20) major industrial and emerging-market countries begin their annual meeting on Saturday to seek ways to weather the global financial crisis. Zhou Xiaochuan (R), governor of the People's Bank of China, and Chinese Vice Finance Minister Li Yong attend the meeting of G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on November 8, 2008. The two-day meeting was opened on Saturday.

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (C) attends the meeting of G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on November 8, 2008. The two-day meeting was opened on Saturday.

(Xinhua News Agency November 8, 2008)