The
APEC summit was held in Beijing this year.
今年的
APEC峰会在北京举行。
The leaders of the
APEC member economies discussed trade liberalization at their annual meeting."
APEC成员国领导人年度会议讨论了贸易自由化问题。
China's role in
APEC is significant as it is one of the largest economies in the region.
作为地区内最大的经济体之一，中国在
APEC中的角色非常重要。
Australia has been an active participant in
APEC, advocating for stronger economic ties among Asia-Pacific nations.
澳大利亚一直是积极参与
APEC的国家，倡导亚太国家之间加强经济联系。
The
APEC Business Advisory Council provides advice to the leaders on business and economic issues."
APEC商务咨询理事会为领导人提供有关商业和经济问题的建议。
New Zealand is committed to promoting sustainable development through its participation in
APEC.
新西兰通过参与
APEC致力于推动可持续发展。
The
APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting focused on digital economy and innovation."
APEC经济领导人会议重点讨论了数字经济与创新。
Indonesia aims to strengthen regional cooperation through its leadership in
APEC.
印度尼西亚希望通过在
APEC的领导地位来加强区域合作。
APEC's goal is to foster free trade and economic growth in the Asia-Pacific region."
APEC的目标是在亚太地区促进自由贸易和经济增长。
The
APEC Blueprint sets out the strategic goals for the next decade."
APEC蓝图概述了未来十年的战略目标。
A Chinese State-owned company won recognition for a smart transportation project at the 5th APEC ESCI Best Practice Awards recently, contributing to the development of clean energy in the transportation sector.
近日，一家中国国有企业在第五届亚太经合组织ESCI最佳实践奖上的智能交通项目获得认可，为交通领域清洁能源的发展做出了贡献。
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China is also pushing forward with initiatives such as the Belt and Road and becoming increasingly confident at world forums such as APEC, G20 and WEF.
Before that, Leyard made a name for itself through sound and light engineering of the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, displays at the National Day military parade in 2009, network screens for the APEC conference in 2014 and the nightscape lighting project for the G20 summit in Hangzhou in 2016.
China and Japan on Nov 16 agreed to set up a dialogue mechanism for export controls and a working group for improving the business environment during the APEC Economic Leaders' Week in San Francisco, the United States.
Addressing the 2023 APEC Ministerial Meeting in San Francisco, Wang Shouwen, China's international trade representative and vice-minister of commerce, said that APEC should actively promote the upcoming 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) of the World Trade Organization to resume the operation of the dispute settlement mechanism, reinforce food security, achieve temporary tariff exemptions for electronic transmissions and facilitate accession of new members.
With an open attitude, APEC should push for the goals set forth in joint statements and initiatives, such as investment facilitation, and integrate them into a multilateral framework, he added.
China's foreign trade with other APEC economies amounted to $3.74 trillion in 2022, representing 59.7 percent of the country's total import and export value.
Among China's top 10 trading partners, eight of them are APEC economies, said the Ministry of Commerce.
China is the largest trading partner of 13 APEC economies.
A total of 15 APEC economies have signed free trade agreements with China.
Foreign direct investment from other APEC economies utilized by China accounted for 86.6 percent of the country's total FDI in 2022, while five APEC economies were listed among the top 10 sources of foreign investment, the ministry added.
Wang said APEC should uphold the central role of the Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific.
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership are the two possible paths for the FTAAP that have been jointly determined by APEC leaders.
China is willing to enhance practical cooperation in the digital economy and green growth with more APEC economies.
As the International Monetary Fund has upwardly revised its growth projection for the Chinese economy in 2023, raising it from 5 percent to 5.4 percent, Wang said China will further expand high-standard opening-up, share development opportunities of its vast market with other APEC economies and the world, and jointly promote high-quality development and prosperity.
Addressing the 34th APEC Ministerial Meeting in San Francisco from November 14 to 15, Wang Shouwen, China international trade representative and vice-minister of commerce, said that APEC should actively promote the achievements of the 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) of the World Trade Organization on resuming the operation of the dispute settlement mechanism, food security, temporary tariff exemption for electronic transmissions and accession of new members.
With an open attitude, APEC should push for the goals set forth in joint statements and initiatives, such as investment facilitation, and integrate them into a multilateral framework.
He said that APEC should uphold the central role of the Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP).
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement and the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership are the two possible paths for the FTAAP jointly determined by APEC leaders.
Wang said China is willing to enhance practical cooperation in the digital economy and green growth with more APEC economies.
As the International Monetary Fund has upwardly revised its growth projection for the Chinese economy in 2023, increasing it from 5 percent to 5.4 percent, he said China will further expand high-level opening-up, share development opportunities of its vast market with APEC economies and the world, and jointly promote high-quality development and prosperity.
"Government officials and experts noted China's precedent-setting role in fostering mutually beneficial cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region and encouraging APEC economies to bolster their economic and technological exchanges.
They emphasized that China, as a major trading nation, has not only supplied a significant quantity of manufacturing products to other APEC markets, but has also distinguished itself for unwavering support of trade liberalization, the World Trade Organization and its rules.
China's foreign trade with APEC economies amounted to $3.74 trillion last year, representing 59.7 percent of the country's total import and export value.
Among China's top 10 trading partners, eight of them are APEC economies, Ministry of Commerce data show.
Wu Haiping, director of the general operations department at the General Administration of Customs, said that after more than three decades of development, cooperation among APEC economies has evolved beyond the two traditional pillars of trade liberalization and investment facilitation, as well as economic and technological cooperation.
An economic analysis published by the APEC Policy Support Unit shows that economic growth in the APEC region is expected to reach 3.1 percent this year, following a 2.6 percent moderation last year.
With APEC playing a key role in supporting the world's economic recovery, He Yadong, spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce, said early this month that China will take proactive steps to advance its accession into the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement.
Zhao Ping, dean of the academy at the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, said multilateral mechanisms for economic cooperation and free trade deals, such as APEC, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement, and the Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific, are practical in promoting free trade and consolidating the achievements of globalization.
"We welcome Chinese companies to set up regional hubs in Singapore to extend their reach into other APEC economies, especially countries in Southeast Asia," Kok said.
Many APEC economies are seeking ways to advance free trade in the global economy during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Economic Leaders' Meeting in San Francisco, amid the proliferation of trade and economic groups.
They made the remarks at an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum on Friday, which kicked off the 2023 APEC Economic Leaders' Week in San Francisco in the United States.
The APEC Multistakeholder Forum marks the first time a diverse, multistakeholder dialogue is being organized during the APEC week.
The forum has brought together more than 150 representatives of sustainable businesses, private organizations including charities and indigenous groups, and young peoples' and women's groups from APEC economies.
Organized with the support of the US Department of State and the APEC Secretariat, the multistakeholder forum has an agenda that aims to highlight community-level interventions that take into account the needs of vulnerable communities during the global shift toward net-zero economies.
Enabling a transition to low-carbon economies throughout the region, which grapples with the aforementioned issues, is a key US APEC priority, according to the organizers.
Rebecca Sta Maria, executive director of the APEC Secretariat, said, "Having dialogues like this provides a platform for stakeholders to discuss inclusion, specifically for the underrepresented groups or groups made vulnerable by the energy crisis and technological and climate change readiness.
"The APEC has some policy options — spanning from support for access to decent work to comprehensive structural reforms — to ensure that "we have policies that promote sustainable practices and social safety nets", Maria said.
According to the speakers at the forum, the APEC economies are wrestling with the broad and complex structural reform challenge of decarbonizing the world's supply chains, energy supplies and transportation systems.
Ambassador Matt Murray, US' senior official for APEC, said, "Although the impact of climate change affects everyone, it does not affect all communities equally.
"Some in the APEC region — often those who have not historically had the opportunities to participate in making decisions to address the climate crisis — experience greater suffering, Murray said.
In late May, Wang met with his US counterpart in Washington while attending the 2023 meeting of APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade, and both sides agreed to establish communication channels to maintain and strengthen exchanges.
Xu made the remarks during the APEC Forum on Promoting Specialized and Innovative Development of SMEs, which was held on Monday in Guangzhou, Guangdong province.
"APEC has served as a model of regional economic cooperation.
The ministry issued the statement after Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao met with US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo in Washington and US Trade Representative Katherine Tai in Detroit during the 29th APEC Trade Ministers' Meeting in late May.
Wang made the comments on Friday during talks with Yasutoshi Nishimura, Japan's minister of economy, trade and industry, at the APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting in Detroit in the US state of Michigan.
The Chinese official made the comments during talks with Nishimura Yasutoshi, Japan's minister of economy, trade and industry, on Friday at the 29th APEC Trade Ministers' Meeting in Detroit, the United States.
Wang made the remarks at the ministerial meeting between China and DEPA members on the sidelines of the 2023 APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting in Detroit, the United States.
Speaking at the 29th APEC Trade Ministers' Meeting in Detroit, the United States, held on Thursday and Friday, Wang articulated China's stance on supporting the multilateral trading system and promoting sustainable and inclusive trade development, according to an online statement released by the ministry.
Acknowledging that economic and trade development in the Asia-Pacific still faces numerous disruptions and challenges, Wang called on APEC economies to share benefits arising from the integrated expansion of regional industrial and supply chains and leverage the engine of green and low-carbon development and digital economy, as well as help small and medium-sized enterprises to gain more growth opportunities.
China's Commerce Minister Wang Wentao met with US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo in Washington during the 2023 APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting.
China's Commerce Minister Wang Wentao met with US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo in Washington on Thursday while Wang was attending the 2023 APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting, according to the ministry.
Shu Juexadting, a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Commerce, said at a news conference on Thursday that Commerce Minister Wang Wentao will hold talks with US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and US Trade Representative Katherine Tai at the 2023 APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting.
China's Commerce Minister Wang Wentao will hold talks with US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and US Trade Representative Katherine Tai while attending the 2023 APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting in the United States from Thursday to Friday, the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday.
"We will try hard to create more trade opportunities," he said, adding that, to that end, the country will widely resume offline trade fairs, improve the efficiency of processing APEC business travel card applications, and facilitate the orderly resumption of international passenger flights.
The government will create more opportunities, including resuming offline exhibitions, improving the processing efficiency of APEC business travel card applications and facilitating the orderly resumption of international passenger flights, said Wang Shouwen, vice-minister of commerce and China's international trade representative.
The APEC business travel card is a travel document issued to business travelers who are citizens of APEC participating economies.
It eliminates the need for holders to possess visas when visiting other APEC economies, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
For holders of virtual APEC Business Travel Cards, China will grant business visas free of charge until the card comes into effect on May 1, said Wu.
"Echoing a similar sentiment, Yu Baocai, a sales manager at Shuangtong Daily Necessities Co Ltd — a Yiwu, Zhejiang-based plastic products manufacturer — said that applying for APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) Business Travel Cards, confirming meeting schedules with overseas clients and developing travel itineraries for the coming months have become priorities after he secured a number of orders at the company's booth at Ambiente 2023, one of the world's major consumer goods trade fairs held in Frankfurt, Germany, in early February.
The document eliminates the need for holders to possess visas when visiting other APEC economies, said China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
He added that the WCEC, which will be held on June 24-26 at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre, where the APEC 2022 was held, is expected to welcome more than 3,000 attendees.
An index report on the industrial sustainability of Asia-Pacific cities was released on Wednesday in Beijing jointly by the Center for Industrial Development and Environmental Governance of Tsinghua University and the APEC China Business Council.
Lin said China is willing to work with other APEC members to actively participate in consultation as well as economic and trade cooperation in fields such as digital economy, big data and artificial intelligence.
And China will also work with other APEC members to promote policy research, standards setting and international cooperation in the green industry.
"Lin made the remarks at the APEC Workshop on Strengthening Supply Chains Resilience for Economic Recovery held in Beijing on Wednesday.
Zhang's views were echoed by Lu Mei, China's APEC senior official, who called on deepening international cooperation in industrial and supply chains to promote solid and sustainable economic recovery in the Asia-Pacific region.
"She initiated the APEC Women Connect program and the APEC Cross-Border E-commerce Training e-Learning platform, with courses and training workshops to help more women realize their entrepreneurial dreams through digital platforms.
As of today, the CBET program has trained about 100, 000 business operators and policy makers from over 50 economic entities in APEC and Western countries.
Wang made the remarks Thursday in a video speech at the opening ceremony of the 11th APEC Small & Medium Enterprises Technology Conference and Fair.
Wang made the remarks in a video speech to the APEC China CEO Forum, an event celebrating the 30th anniversary of China's accession to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.
Sun Xiao, secretary-general of the APEC China Business Council, said that Chinese enterprises need to take on a more proactive role in the formation of international economic and trade rules, to make their voices better heard on international markets as they provide good-quality products.
Wang made the remarks via video link in an address to the APEC China CEO Forum 2021, an event celebrating the 30th anniversary of China's accession into the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation.
The forum event was jointly held by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, the China Chamber of International Commerce, and APEC China Business Council.
He is also serving as executive director of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Advisory Council for the period from December 2020 to this year-end, to coincide with New Zealand's chairmanship of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation or APEC.
Economies need to work together, as they did most recently at APEC, to trade our way out of crisis and into recovery," he said.
The Chinese business community will also support APEC in exploring an innovative development approach and promote sustainable and inclusive growth, said Gao Yan, chairwoman of the CCPIT, China's foreign trade and investment promotion agency.
"After more than 30 years of development, facing the new opportunities brought by the new technological revolution and industrial transformation, APEC cooperation has expanded from the two traditional pillars－trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, and economic and technological cooperation－to new fields such as scientific and technological innovation, digital economy, sustainable development and inclusive growth," Gao said.
"China is expecting closer ties with APEC economies to practice true multilateralism, which is beneficial to all people in the region, and build jointly the Asia-Pacific community with a shared future," she added.
China joined APEC in 1991, marking the nation's first of joining a regional economic cooperation organization.
In 2020, China's trade volume with APEC economies reached $2.87 trillion, accounting for 62 percent of its total foreign trade, the CCPIT said.
The nation attracted $124.6 billion of investment from APEC economies and invested $112.3 billion in the region last year.
The Chinese business community is a strong supporter in promoting the Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific, and China will make full use of APEC's roles as "incubator "and "test field", to continuously improve trade and investment liberalization and facilitation in the Asia-Pacific region, while deepening the Asia-Pacific economic integration, Gao said.
The Chinese business community should leverage industrial advantages in digital innovation to deepen ties in the fields of innovation and digitalization under APEC, as sci-tech innovation and the digital economy will have a significant structural impact on future economic growth, Gao added.
Home to some 3 billion people and representing about half of global trade and 60 percent of the world's GDP, APEC economies can inject fresh impetus into a global economic recovery by accelerating regional economic integration, experts said.
As the common prosperity of APAC people relies on harmonious economic and social development, the Chinese business community should help APEC create a better natural and resource environment, and a more inclusive cultural and social business environment, Gao said.
The Chinese community should help the APEC economies in bettering their soft and physical infrastructure by actively promoting all-round connectivity and cooperation, and achieve comprehensive, high-quality and sustainable economic development, she added.
"Addressing a subforum at the 87th International Forum on China Reform held in Haikou over the weekend, Zhang suggested that the governments of China and ASEAN countries draw on the established model of the APEC Business Travel Card program, to explore the launch of similar visa-free travel between Hainan FTP and ASEAN member countries.
The APEC Business Travel Card allows holders to use a dedicated immigration lane and enjoy streamlined immigration clearance.
An APEC workshop on an inclusive digital society unfolded on Tuesday and Wednesday in Guiyang, Guizhou province, in a bid to discuss the role of digital technologies in eradicating poverty.
The official's comments follow discussions during a virtual meeting of the trade ministers from 21 APEC member economies on Saturday.
Recalling the role of the rules-based multilateral trading system in catalyzing regional growth, the APEC trade ministers said that they are determined to cooperate to ensure the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference, scheduled to be held at the end of this year in Geneva, is successful and delivers tangible results for all, the Singapore-based APEC Secretariat said in a statement.
He also said these undertakings are reinforced by APEC's extensive work to support high quality and comprehensive trade and investment outcomes in the region, particularly its ongoing implementation of the Lima Declaration on the FTAAP.
Since the pandemic has accelerated the process of digitalization, many APEC member economies have been keen to create an enabling, inclusive and nondiscriminatory digital economy that fosters the application of new technologies, allows businesses and entrepreneurs to thrive, facilitates data flow, and allows goods and services to move seamlessly across borders, said Cui Weijie, vice-president of Beijing-based Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation.
- Amid the pandemic shock, members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) should safeguard the multilateral trading system and strive to build an Asia-Pacific community with a shared future, China's Commerce Minister Wang Wentao said Saturday.
APEC members should strengthen anti-virus cooperation, promote inclusive and sustainable growth, and build an Asia-Pacific community with a shared future as global development is confronted by severe challenges, Wang said while attending the APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting via video link Saturday.
Wang also called for efforts by APEC to safeguard the multilateral trading system and push for necessary reform of the World Trade Organization, especially resumption of the normal operation of the Appellate Body as soon as possible.
China is willing to work with APEC members to stabilize the supply and industrial chains in the Asia-Pacific region and promote regional economic recovery, Wang said.
APEC needs to accelerate regional integration, so that growth can benefit all groups.
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