2026 APEC Trade Ministers' Meeting to be Held in Suzhou on the 22nd
The 2026 APEC Trade Ministers' Meeting will be held from May 22nd to 23rd in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China. The meeting will focus on discussions around 'building an open, predictable regional and multilateral economic and trade order' and 'creating new engines for innovative and dynamic trade and investment cooperation.'
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(Central News Agency reporter Li Ya-wen, Taipei, 9th) The 2026 APEC Trade Ministers' Meeting will be held from May 22nd to 23rd in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China. The meeting will focus on discussions around 'building an open, predictable regional and multilateral economic and trade order' and 'creating new engines for innovative and dynamic trade and investment cooperation.'
China's Ministry of Commerce held a press conference this afternoon to introduce the relevant situation.
According to a CCTV News report on the 9th, a relevant official from China's Ministry of Commerce stated that the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Trade Ministers' Meeting will be held from the 22nd to the 23rd in Suzhou, Jiangsu. The meeting will revolve around topics such as 'building an open, predictable regional and multilateral economic and trade order' and 'creating new engines for innovative and dynamic trade and investment cooperation.'
Li Chenggang, China's International Trade Negotiator and Vice Minister of Commerce, stated that he hopes to convey three messages through this meeting: 'China advocates for high-level opening-up and is willing to promote regional opening-up through its own openness,' 'China advocates for the development of new quality productive forces and is willing to promote innovation and development in Asia-Pacific through its own development,' and 'China advocates for inclusive benefits and is willing to promote common prosperity in Asia-Pacific through win-win cooperation.'
According to a relevant official from China's Ministry of Commerce at the meeting, China will deeply discuss with all APEC parties the paths and measures to expand and strengthen cooperation in emerging fields such as digital and green.
In terms of digital cooperation, efforts will be actively made to promote consensus among all parties on advancing trade digitalization, to build a more complete digital environment for trade and investment development in Asia-Pacific; in terms of green development, efforts will be made to promote all parties to strengthen the alignment of green development strategies and jointly achieve sustainable development.
China is the host of the 2026 APEC Summit and a series of meetings. This year's APEC Summit will be held in Shenzhen, Guangdong, in November. According to public information from China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, China has hosted twice before, with the previous two APEC Summits held in Shanghai in October 2001 and Beijing in November 2014. (Editor: Yang Sheng-ru) 1150509
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(Central News Agency reporter Li Ya-wen, Taipei, 9th) The 2026 APEC Trade Ministers' Meeting will be held from May 22nd to 23rd in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China. The meeting will focus on discussions around 'building an open, predictable regional and multilateral economic and trade order' and 'creating new engines for innovative and dynamic trade and investment cooperation.'
China's Ministry of Commerce held a press conference this afternoon to introduce the relevant situation.
According to a CCTV News report on the 9th, a relevant official from China's Ministry of Commerce stated that the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Trade Ministers' Meeting will be held from the 22nd to the 23rd in Suzhou, Jiangsu. The meeting will revolve around topics such as 'building an open, predictable regional and multilateral economic and trade order' and 'creating new engines for innovative and dynamic trade and investment cooperation.'
Li Chenggang, China's International Trade Negotiator and Vice Minister of Commerce, stated that he hopes to convey three messages through this meeting: 'China advocates for high-level opening-up and is willing to promote regional opening-up through its own openness,' 'China advocates for the development of new quality productive forces and is willing to promote innovation and development in Asia-Pacific through its own development,' and 'China advocates for inclusive benefits and is willing to promote common prosperity in Asia-Pacific through win-win cooperation.'
According to a relevant official from China's Ministry of Commerce at the meeting, China will deeply discuss with all APEC parties the paths and measures to expand and strengthen cooperation in emerging fields such as digital and green.
In terms of digital cooperation, efforts will be actively made to promote consensus among all parties on advancing trade digitalization, to build a more complete digital environment for trade and investment development in Asia-Pacific; in terms of green development, efforts will be made to promote all parties to strengthen the alignment of green development strategies and jointly achieve sustainable development.
China is the host of the 2026 APEC Summit and a series of meetings. This year's APEC Summit will be held in Shenzhen, Guangdong, in November. According to public information from China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, China has hosted twice before, with the previous two APEC Summits held in Shanghai in October 2001 and Beijing in November 2014. (Editor: Yang Sheng-ru) 1150509
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