CHINA said at a July 31 briefing the APEC "China Year" is half complete; so far there have been three senior-official meetings, five ministerial meetings and more than 180 sectoral events. Two further senior-official meetings and ministerials on food security, SMEs, energy, transport, human resources and finance are scheduled ahead of an informal leaders' meeting in November. China, as host of APEC 2026, said it aims to use the November leaders' meeting to consolidate consensus on regional coope

CHINA said at a July 31 briefing the APEC "China Year" is half complete; so far there have been three senior-official meetings, five ministerial meetings and more than 180 sectoral events. Two further senior-official meetings and ministerials on food security, SMEs, energy, transport, human resources and finance are scheduled ahead of an informal leaders' meeting in November. China, as host of APEC 2026, said it aims to use the November leaders' meeting to consolidate consensus on regional cooperation.