Hu opens Asia-Europe summit

BEIJING: Chinese President Hu Jintao has said Chinese economy faces an uncertain situation due to the international economic meltdown.

He was addressing the inaugural session of the Asia-Europe summit at the Great Hall of the Peoples here.

Prime Minister Wen Jiabao in his address said that the global economic crisis is rapidly spreading posing threats to the world economic output.

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is representing Pakistan in the moot.

Twenty-seven European and 16 Asian leaders have reached Beijing to attend the Asia-Europe dialogue over the deepening global economic crisis.