China denies suspending G20 anti-corruption task force

China on Wednesday denied media reports that it had suspended an international anti-corruption task force earlier this year after taking over the G20 presidency. 

China attaches high importance to G20 anti-corruption cooperation, China's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying said. 

We will continue to host a series of meetings under the G20 anti-corruption task force and enhance practical cooperation among G20 members in anti-corruption, she added.

The spokesman asserted that the first such meeting, attended by representatives of G20 member states, guest states and international organizations, was held this January in Beijing.

The so-called "Business 20" Anti-Corruption Taskforce, comprising businesses and civil society groups, had been drawing up G20 policies for increasing transparency of offshore financial structures, among other work, but the body was scrapped in late January because Chinese companies declined to participate, according to the sources.

Source ; MENA