Delhi to Host IMF Conference on India, China From March 19–20

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said it will host a high-level conference on India and China, to be held in New Delhi from March 19–20, 2012.

IMF Managing Director, Christine Lagarde would be traveling to New Delhi for the two-day conference on ‘China and India—Sustaining High Quality Growth.’

Being co-hosted by the China Society for Finance and Banking, and the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, the two-day conference will bring together policy makers, leading academics and private sector representatives, providing an opportunity to discuss the growth successes of China and India, the world body said.

To be inaugurated by India’s Finance Minister, Pranab Mukherjee, the conference will see keynote remarks from both countries’ delegations. Lagarde will participate in the closing round-table discussion.

The conference is part of the strengthened ongoing engagement between IMF and Asia and one of a series of high-level events in the region ahead of the IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings to be held in Tokyo, Japan, in October later this year, IMF said.