APEC finance ministers met in Hong Kong on Oct. 20-21, 2026 and issued a policy
statement encouraging members to develop reliable, accessible, scalable,
trustworthy, secure and resilient digital infrastructure. The statement calls
for improving digital literacy and skills, enhancing interoperability and
strengthening cross-border digital connectivity to accelerate Asia‑Pacific
digitalisation. It endorses voluntary, non‑binding cooperation under APEC
finance and fiscal mechanisms to advance digital infrastructure financing. The
statement urges the private sector to deploy catalytic financing tools —
including financing leases and asset securitisation — to unlock investment and
lower financing barriers, and to scale up capital mobilisation by integrating
pension funds, insurers and sovereign wealth funds.
