The International Cooperation Center (ICC) of China and the United Nations in China co-organized a pre-summit event in Changsha City, Hunan Province, on Tuesday. Experts from universities and think tanks provided input on China's role in international cooperation. Key takeaways from the event will be taken to the UN Summit of the Future that will take place in New York in September. CGTN spoke with Zhang Zhixiang, member of the strategic advisory committee of ICC, chairman of the International Monetary Research Committee and former executive director of the IMF for China, on global financial cooperation at the event.