From Shenzhen to a brighter future for the Asia-Pacific and the world

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Apec has become the highest-level, broadest and most influential economic cooperation platform in the Asia-Pacific, driving regional growth and integration ...

The 33rd Apec Economic Leaders’ Meeting will be held in Shenzhen, China, on November 18–19, marking China’s third time as Apec host. Under the theme ‘Building an Asia-Pacific Community to Prosper Together’, the meeting will help shape the region’s future development and boost confidence in global development.

The Asia-Pacific is the world’s most dynamic economic region and a major engine of global growth. Over the past 37 years, Apec has become the highest-level, broadest and most influential economic cooperation platform in the Asia-Pacific, driving regional growth and integration. Today, as economic globalisation encounters headwinds, the question of where Asia-Pacific cooperation should head is an issue of our times that we must answer.

As a strong advocate and a leading force in Asia-Pacific cooperation, China has seized the opportunity of the Apec ‘China Year’ to build consensus on ‘one shared vision’: building an Asia-Pacific community; explore ‘two key pathways’: developing a network of connectivity and advancing the Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP); and deepen cooperation in ‘three priority areas’: openness, innovation and cooperation. These efforts have been accompanied by more than 300 successfully hosted meetings and events of various kinds, yielding a host of cooperation outcomes.

China has benefited much from the Asia-Pacific and, in return, has shared its development gains with the region and the wider world. Today, China is the largest trading partner of 13 Apec economies and contributes 64.2 per cent of the region’s economic growth. Its high-quality development continues to provide strong impetus to regional and global economic growth.

The Communist Party of China (CPC) provides the core leadership for Chinese modernisation. Only by building a stronger Party can China ensure steady progress in this endeavour.

Under the leadership of the CPC, China will continue to advance Chinese modernisation, bringing greater certainty and sustained momentum…

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