At the China-US summit

"Under the current economic and financial situation, both China and the United States are in a greater sense of obligation to firmly oppose trade and investment protectionism." -- Hu

"I'm committed to pursuing a genuinely cooperative and comprehensive relationship with China. We need to make our relationship more dynamic and effective, given the growing number of common global and regional challenges that our countries face."-- Obama

At the China-Japan summit

"I wish and believe that, during the tenure of Prime Minister Hatoyama, China-Japan relations will enter a new stage of more active growth and usher in a period of greater opportunity." -- Hu

"Bilateral relations are facing major opportunities for development at higher levels and in greater space." -- Hu

"During the state visit that I paid to Japan last year, the two sides planned the blueprint for future development of China-Japan relations and pointed out the direction of the growth of bilateral relations in the 21st century by issuing the fourth political document between the two countries." -- Hu

"Overcoming differences in each other's stances is a diplomacy of fraternity." -- Hatoyama

(Xinhua News Agency September 23, 2009)