China Calls For Currency Reform10/07/0907/10/2009July 10, 2009China recently called for a reform of the global currency system at the G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy. State Councillor Dai Bingguo stressed the need for a diversification from the dollar as the world's main reserve currency.https://p.dw.com/p/LsIHChinese President Hu Jintao was absent from the G8 summit in L'Aquila as he had rushed home to deal with ethnic unrestImage: APAdvertisement