APEC Senior Officials' Meeting Was Held In Lima On The Morning Of 16.

In November, the capital of Lima, Peru, was very bright. Officials from 21 members of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) gathered in Peru's National Museum. They exchanged views on the world economic and financial situation and the promotion of economic integration in the Asia Pacific region.

Xinhua news agency quoted Xinhua news agency as the two day high official meeting, marking the beginning of the APEC leaders meeting.

The senior officials of the 21 members will discuss the global economic situation, support the WTO Doha Round negotiations, APEC regional economic integration, corporate social responsibility, APEC reform and other issues, and prepare for the next ministerial meeting.

The theme of this year's APEC conference is "the new commitment to Asia Pacific Development".

According to the organizers of the conference, as the current international financial crisis has caused a major impact on the global economy, including the Asia Pacific region, the APEC leaders' informal meeting will discuss the acceleration of regional economic integration and the liberalization of trade and investment, and it may also make a separate statement on dealing with the financial crisis.

During the conference week, business advisory council meetings, ministerial meetings, business summits and leaders' informal meetings will also be held.

The informal meeting of leaders will be held from 22 to 23.

From 1993 onwards, APEC held an annual informal meeting of leaders.

At present, APEC has developed into the most important regional economic cooperation organization in the Asia Pacific region. There are 21 background information about China, the United States, Thailand, Australia and Mexico: APEC, Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) or APEC, are important economic cooperation forums in the Asia Pacific region and the highest level intergovernmental economic cooperation mechanism in the Asia Pacific region.

At the end of the 1980s, the international situation slowed down, and the trend of economic globalization, trade and investment liberalization and regional collectivization became a trend.

As the proportion of Asia in the world economy increased significantly, Australian Prime Minister Hawke proposed a ministerial meeting in January 1989 to discuss economic cooperation.

In November 1989, Australia, the United States, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Canada and then six ASEAN countries held the first APEC Ministerial Conference in Canberra, Australia, marking the formal establishment of the organization.

In November 1991, the third ministerial conference of the APEC was held in Seoul, the capital of Korea (called Seoul). The meeting passed the Seoul declaration, which formally established the purpose and objective of the organization, namely, to maintain economic growth and development for the common interests of the local people, promote the interdependence of the economy among the members, strengthen the open multilateral trading system, and reduce the barriers to regional trade and investment.

In November 1991, China officially joined the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation in the name of the regional economy in the name of a sovereign state, China's Taipei and Hongkong (changed from July 1, 1997 to "China Hongkong").

Currently, APEC has 21 members, namely, Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China, China, Hongkong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua, New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, China Taipei, Thailand, the United States and Vietnam.

Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) adopts the principle of cooperation on a voluntary and consensual basis, and the decision must be approved by all members.

APEC's organizational structure includes informal meetings of leaders, ministerial meetings, senior officials' meetings, committees and thematic working groups.

Among them, the informal meeting of leaders is the highest level meeting of APEC, and so far it has been held 15 times.

Since its establishment, APEC has made continuous progress in promoting regional and Global trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, and economic and technological cooperation. It has made outstanding contributions to strengthening regional economic cooperation and promoting economic development and common prosperity in the Asia Pacific region.