Meanwhile, efforts should be made to replenish the resources of international financial institutions, strengthen financial regulation and reform international financial institutions, he said.

Both countries should also discuss measures to stimulate world economic growth and development from a long-term perspective, he said.

Chinese President Hu Jintao (2nd R) and U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd L) meet in London, Britain, on April 1, 2009. [Xinhua]

Hu and Obama stressed that China and the United States, as two of the world's major economies, will work together with other countries to help revive a strong world economic growth, stabilize the international financial system so as to avoid the reoccurrence of similar grave crisis.

They shared the views that the stimulus measures taken by both countries have contributed to enhancing global economic stability, and agreed that a powerful financial system is crucial for reviving the world economic growth.

The two leaders also agreed to replenish the resources of international institutions to help meet the capital shortage of emerging market and developing countries and pledged to work together for this end.

The two leaders expressed their firm support for global trade and investment flow that is beneficial to all, and promised to oppose protectionism and ensure their sound and stable bilateral trade ties.

Moreover, both leaders agreed to further deepen mutually beneficial cooperation in a wide range of fields, strengthen policy dialogue and pragmatic cooperation in energy, environment and climate change, and resume and expand consultation in non-proliferation as well as other security issues.

The two leaders agreed to resume dialogue on the human rights issue at an early date, and expressed the commitment to improving and developing relations between the armed forces of the two countries.

Hu and Obama met on the sidelines of the Group of 20 (G20) summit slated for Thursday, where leaders and central bank governors from the world's 20 biggest economies will gather to discuss cooperative measures to tackle the international financial crisis, among other issues.

(Xinhua News Agency April 3, 2009)