No visitors can take a casual walk in blocks of streets in the neighborhood of Metro Toronto Convention Center, where leaders of the Group of 20 will meet on Saturday and Sunday.
President Hu Jintao leaves Beijing on Wednesday for a short state visit to Canada to improve ties and tap the potential for the two countries to cooperate better on a range of global issues. Security tight in Toronto
China said Tuesday the fourth Group of 20 (G20) summit should focus on the recovery of world economy, not the RMB (yuan) exchange rate.
Canada thinks it can teach the world a thing or two about dodging financial meltdowns.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced on Friday that Chinese President Hu Jintao will pay a state visit to Canada on June 23-25, which is expected to build on the successful visit by Harper to China in December 2009.
The top priority of the June 26-27 G20 summit in the Canadian city of Toronto "must be to safeguard and strengthen the recovery," US President Barack Obama said in a letter to G20 leaders.
European Union (EU) leaders formally adopted the bloc's new strategy for growth and jobs for the next 10 years at their one-day summit on Thursday.
Chinese President Hu Jintao will pay a state visit to Canada from June 23 to 27 and attend the fourth Group of 20 (G20) summit to be held in Toronto, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang here Thursday.
Japan's new prime minister warned Friday that his country could face a financial mess like that of Greece if it did not deal urgently with its swelling national debt.
The World Bank on Wednesday said a double-dip recession could not be ruled out in some countries if investors lose faith in efforts in Europe and elsewhere to tackle rising debt levels.
Risks to the global economic outlook have "risen significantly" and policymakers have limited room to provide support to growth, International Monetary Fund Deputy Managing Director Naoyuki Shinohara said.
The global financial crisis has made the world less peaceful by fuelling crime and civil unrest, a worldwide study showed on Tuesday, but the risk of outright armed conflict appears to be falling.