Summit vital for restoring global confidence: Hu

The G20 summit provides an important platform for the international community to jointly tackle the global economic and financial crisis, President Hu Jintao told Xinhua on Tuesday.

The London gathering is highly significant for restoring global confidence, stabilizing international financial markets and pushing for the restoration of growth in the world economy, Hu said.

China will work with all other parties at the summit to help achieve "positive" and "practical" results, he said.