Zhou Xiaochuan , the governor of the People 's Bank of China , was scheduled to give the Per Jacobsson lecture at the IMF-World Bank annual meetings being held this year through Sunday in Tokyo . China 's top banker has pulled out of the International Development Fund meetings in Tokyo . Zhou Yu , the governor of the People 's Bank of China , was scheduled to speak . Soon after representatives from China 's two top banks refused to attend the Japan meetings . Seen as a protest against Japanese ownership of an island chain that China also claims .
China 's top banker has pulled out of the International Development Fund meetings in Tokyo . Zhou Yu , the governor of the People 's Bank of China , was scheduled to speak . Soon after representatives from China 's two top banks refused to attend the Japan meetings . Seen as a protest against Japanese ownership of an island chain that China also claims .