2016 G20 Hangzhou summit

The 2016 G20 Hangzhou summit was the eleventh meeting of the Group of Twenty (G20). It was held on 4–5 September 2016 in the city of Hangzhou, Zhejiang. It was the first ever G20 summit to be hosted in China and the second in an Asian country after 2010 G20 Seoul summit was hosted in South Korea.

Pollution in China
In the days before the G20 Hangzhou summit, only some vehicles were allowed through the city, construction sites were stopped, inhabitants received a week-long holidays (and were encouraged to leave the city) and factories in the region (including more than two hundred steel mills) were asked to stop their production (in order to temporarily reduce air pollution).

Climate change
On 3 September 2016, Barack Obama and Xi Jinping announced the ratification of the Paris Agreement (of the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference) by their countries, bringing the total number of countries ratifying the agreement to 26; the United States and China represent respectively 18 percent and 20 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions (the driving force behind global warming).

Economic statements
The main themes of final communiqué of the summit are:
 * Fight against tax evasion (asking the OECD for a black list of tax havens).
 * Favour international trade and investments and opposition to protectionism.
 * Fiscal stimulus and innovation to boost economic growth.
 * Combating "populist attacks" against globalization.
 * Strengthen support for refugees.

Summit documents
The heads of state and government of G20 issued a joint statement with a summary of the main results of the meeting. The statement is divided in the following documents:
 * Communiqué 2016
 * Annex to the Leaders' Declaration
 * Hangzhou Action Plan
 * Blueprint on Innovative Growth
 * G20 Action Plan on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Participating leaders
List of leaders who took part in the 2016 G20 Hangzhou summit:

Controversies
President Obama was snubbed by Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party as he descended from Air Force One to the tarmac of Hangzhou International Airport without the usual red carpet welcome.

Internet censorship
Xi Jinping in the speech quoted "Guoyu", Traditional Chinese history books, in Chapter 9 of the "" (tōng shāng kuān nóng, meaning reducing taxes and make road easy to walk, promote commercialization, and relax agriculture ), but he mistakenly pronounced it as "通商宽衣" ("" kuān yī means Undress), the Central Propaganda Department ordered media and social platforms to prohibit this discussion.