APEC Leaders' Meeting to Open in Shenzhen Next Week: Foreign Ministry Expects a Shenzhen Declaration
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at the regular press conference in Beijing on November 13 that the 33rd APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting will be held in Shenzhen next week, and that China hopes the parties will further build consensus and adopt a leaders' Shenzhen Declaration.
Mao said this year marks China's return as APEC host after 12 years. Over the past year, the APEC "China Year" has been built around the theme "Building an Asia-Pacific Community for Common Prosperity" and the three priorities of openness, innovation and cooperation.
She said China and fellow APEC member economies have held more than 300 APEC meetings and events, including senior officials' meetings and related sessions, 10 sectoral ministerial meetings covering women, trade, tourism, forestry, food security, small and medium-sized enterprises, energy, human resources, transportation and finance, and a high-level Digital Week event. The gatherings drew more than 10,000 delegates in total and produced a series of cooperation outcomes, laying the groundwork for the leaders' meeting in Shenzhen.
Asked by a Press Trust of India reporter about China's most important expectation for the meeting, Mao said China hopes to work with all parties so that the meeting adopts the Shenzhen Declaration and delivers practical outcomes in trade, connectivity, the digital economy and super intelligence (SI), areas of major significance for regional and global economic growth, injecting strong momentum into prosperity and growth in the Asia-Pacific and beyond.
The Foreign Ministry announced earlier that Xi Jinping will chair the 33rd APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Shenzhen on November 18-19 and deliver a speech.
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(Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China)
Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：深圳天际线。Fumikas Sagisavas 摄，CC0 1.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Shenzhen skyline. Photo by Fumikas Sagisavas, CC0 1.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
