Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today met his Chinese counterpart Lou Jiwei in Beijing and discussed bilateral economic cooperation and the global macroeconomic situation. <br/><br/>A statement issued from the Indian embassy in Beijing said, the two Ministers talked about bilateral economic cooperation, G20 and BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and<br/>South Africa) as well as global macroeconomic situation.<br/><br/>Jaitley, who arrived in Beijing Thursday on a five-day visit to China, is scheduled to attend the annual Financial Dialogue at the ministerial level with the Chinese Finance Minister on Monday. <br/><br/>Earlier today, Mr. Jaitley attended the annual Board of Governors meeting of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, AIIB, in Beijing, in which India is the second-largest shareholder after China. <br/><br/>Speaking to the Chinese state-run CCTV ahead of the meeting, Mr. Jaitley said that India has a massive infrastructure programme and will decide on which of the projects under it could be referred to the AIIB for funding.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today met his Chinese counterpart Lou Jiwei in Beijing and discussed bilateral economic cooperation and the global macroeconomic situation. <br/><br/>A statement issued from the Indian embassy in Beijing said, the two Ministers talked about bilateral economic cooperation, G20 and BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and<br/>South Africa) as well as global macroeconomic situation.<br/><br/>Jaitley, who arrived in Beijing Thursday on a five-day visit to China, is scheduled to attend the annual Financial Dialogue at the ministerial level with the Chinese Finance Minister on Monday. <br/><br/>Earlier today, Mr. Jaitley attended the annual Board of Governors meeting of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, AIIB, in Beijing, in which India is the second-largest shareholder after China. <br/><br/>Speaking to the Chinese state-run CCTV ahead of the meeting, Mr. Jaitley said that India has a massive infrastructure programme and will decide on which of the projects under it could be referred to the AIIB for funding.