Follow-Up: APEC Finance Ministers Wrap Up in Hong Kong With Agreement to Strengthen Macroeconomic Policy Coordination, in the City's First Time Hosting
Hong Kong — The APEC Finance Ministers' Meeting concluded in Hong Kong on October 21. The two-day meeting, which opened on October 20, was hosted by Hong Kong for the first time.
China's Finance Minister Lan Fo'an, who chaired the meeting, said afterwards that finance ministers agreed to strengthen communication and coordination of macroeconomic policies. Outcomes included fiscal policies supporting households, a policy statement on financing digital infrastructure, financial-access measures and a youth finance professionals exchange programme. The impact of super intelligence and emerging technologies on productivity was also discussed.
Participants were finance ministers and senior officials from APEC economies. The meeting, hosted by Hong Kong as an international financial centre, also included exchanges with the local financial sector.
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Photo: 香港维多利亚港。图：CEphoto, Uwe Aranas，Wikimedia Commons，CC BY-SA 3.0。 / Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong. Photo by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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