On a trip to Hainan Province, Robert Zoellick, the outgoing World Bank president, was quoted in the China Daily newspaper last week as saying that emerging economies should play a bigger role in the World Bank and that more Chinese economists and researchers should hold high positions in the Bank.
But participation for China concerns more than just its citizens working abroad – it is about the growing presence of international agencies working in China, reflecting both the scale of the country’s economic growth and its importance in the area of sustainability and climate change.
The most active international public sector agencies in China include the International Monetary Fund, the Asian Development Bank, UN agencies, foreign embassies and the chambers of commerce of China’s major trading and investment partners.