A senior official from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday commended China's constructive role in promoting global trade and economic growth by hosting the third China International Import Expo (CIIE) following its fast recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. In an online interview with CGTN, Geoffrey Okamoto, the IMF's first deputy managing director, cited strong containment effort as well as economic support behind the world's second-largest economy's rapid recovery from the pandemic.