Twelve APEC Leaders to Attend CEO Summit in Shenzhen, Xi to Deliver Keynote

The 2026 APEC CEO Summit will be held on November 17 and 18 at the Qianhai International Convention Center in Shenzhen, and Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend alongside leaders of 11 other APEC economies, Li Qingshuang, vice chairperson of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), announced at a press briefing on APEC business events in Shenzhen on November 15.

The attending leaders come from Australia, Canada, Chile, Hong Kong, China, Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Russia, Thailand and Vietnam. Together with China, the 12 economies account for more than half of APEC's 21 member economies. Xi will attend the summit's opening ceremony and deliver a keynote speech, an arrangement China's Foreign Ministry announced on November 13. Held under the theme "To Prosper and Win the Future Together," the CEO Summit is a key part of APEC Leaders' Week, and organizers expect more than 2,000 participants from government, business and media organizations.

Immediately after the CEO Summit, the 33rd APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting will convene in Shenzhen on November 18 and 19 under the theme "Building an Asia-Pacific Community to Prosper Together," chaired by Xi. U.S. President Donald Trump will attend the leaders' meeting, and the White House has confirmed that he will hold a trilateral meeting with Xi and Russian President Vladimir Putin on November 19 on the summit sidelines to discuss nuclear arms reductions and Iran. Trump is not on the published list of leaders attending the CEO Summit.

This year marks the 35th anniversary of China's accession to APEC and China's third time hosting the forum, after Shanghai in 2001 and Beijing in 2014. A series of bilateral meetings among leaders is also expected during Leaders' Week, with the business events opening two days ahead of the leaders' meeting itself. (Source: China Council for the Promotion of International Trade)

Source: China Council for the Promotion of International Trade

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