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Senior Officials Expedite Regional Response To COVID-19, Push Recovery Process
Friday, 12 March 2021, 4:12 pm | APEC
Senior officials from 21 APEC member economies are convening virtually to expedite a regional response to the lasting impact of COVID-19 in a bid to boost the recovery process. The two-day Senior Officials’ Meeting comes on the heels of intensive ... More >>
Hong Kong, China Contributes To Strengthening Economic And Legal Infrastructure Initiatives
Friday, 5 March 2021, 5:49 pm | APEC
Hong Kong, China has contributed USD 1 million toward the establishment of a new APEC sub-fund, aiming to support initiatives that strengthen member economies’ economic and legal infrastructure to advance economic development in the Asia-Pacific ... More >>
Applications Open For The 2021 APEC Healthy Women Research Prize
Wednesday, 3 March 2021, 4:25 pm | APEC
Applications are now open for the 2021 APEC Healthy Women, Healthy Economies Research Prize. The prize rewards researchers who spur the creation of sex-disaggregated data and gender-based research in APEC. Launched in 2018 by President Sebastián Piñera ... More >>
Hong Kong, China Contributes To Strengthening APEC’s Research And Analysis
Monday, 1 March 2021, 4:44 pm | APEC
Hong Kong, China has contributed USD 250,000 in funding to support APEC’s research and analysis capability through the APEC Policy Support Unit ( PSU ). The funding will be used to continuously promote high-quality research, analytical capacity and ... More >>
People, Place And Prosperity: Asia-Pacific Business Community’s Call To Action
Wednesday, 10 February 2021, 6:10 pm | APEC
Issued by the APEC Business Advisory Council Auckland, New Zealand, 10 February 2021 Business leaders from 21 Asia-Pacific economies met virtually this week to discuss how to work together to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic and rebuild the region’s economies. ... More >>
APEC BEST Award Announced Top Female Entrepreneurs
Tuesday, 12 January 2021, 5:10 pm | APEC
The annual APEC Business Efficiency and Success Target Award, known as the APEC BEST Award , announced its 2020 winners, from a diverse group of effective entrepreneurs, innovators and managers around the APEC region. Producer of gluten-free, healthy ... More >>
Call For Closer Policy Collaboration On Artificial Intelligence - ABAC Report
Wednesday, 6 January 2021, 4:14 pm | APEC
A recent APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) report revealed that artificial intelligence (AI) has a role to play in mitigating both the short and long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on APEC economies. From automated health diagnostics in hospitals ... More >>
New Zealand Confirms APEC Host Year Priorities
Friday, 11 December 2020, 7:08 pm | APEC
New Zealand confirmed its APEC host year priorities with a focus on responding to the economic impacts of COVID-19, as its first APEC 2021 virtual meeting was concluded from Wellington today. The Informal Senior Officials’ Meeting (ISOM) included a ... More >>
Collaboration In Chemical Industry Essential To COVID-19 Response And Recovery
Thursday, 10 December 2020, 5:45 pm | APEC
The APEC Chemical Dialogue , the premier forum for the chemical industry in the Asia-Pacific, strengthened cooperation on regulatory affairs in order to facilitate trade in essential goods and assist the recovery effort by APEC member economies ... More >>
China Contributes To Initiatives Advancing Free Trade And Economic Growth
Thursday, 10 December 2020, 6:09 am | APEC
China has contributed USD 1.42 million in funding to promote APEC cooperation including advancing trade and investment initiatives, particularly for efforts to advance free trade, promote global value chains’ development and cooperation, enhance regional ... More >>
APEC Symposium To Focus On Reigniting Growth And Planning For Recovery
Tuesday, 8 December 2020, 3:37 pm | APEC
This week, New Zealand, incoming host of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, will focus member economies on a collaborative approach to reigniting growth and setting a plan for recovery from the economic impacts of COVID-19. New Zealand’s ... More >>
Queue Management App Win The 2020 APEC App Challenge
Thursday, 3 December 2020, 6:26 am | APEC
A mobile application that aims to make public queuing safer and more hygienic for both customers and businesses has won the 2020 APEC App Challenge. The winning app, String , designed by two Malaysians, Hoo Xing Yu and Louis Ong Bing Hao, was announced ... More >>
New Zealand To Steer APEC’s Work Towards Recovery
Wednesday, 25 November 2020, 4:39 pm | APEC
In times of unprecedented health and economic crises, New Zealand, one of the twelve founding members of APEC, assumes the role of host in 2021, taking the leadership from Malaysia, the host of APEC 2020. The host year will be held fully virtual, as ... More >>
APEC Leaders Issue Kuala Lumpur Declaration
Saturday, 21 November 2020, 8:27 am | APEC
The leaders of the 21 APEC member economies issued the Kuala Lumpur Declaration following the first-ever virtual 27th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting chaired by Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin. Convening for the first time since the ... More >>
Chinese Taipei Contributes To Inclusive And Sustainable Growth Initiatives
Thursday, 5 November 2020, 8:32 am | APEC
Chinese Taipei has contributed USD 1.5 million in funding to support APEC’s economic and technical cooperation initiatives, particularly members’ capacity building needs and to promote regional economic integration and inclusive and sustainable ... More >>
Structural Reform Agenda To Focus On Recovery And Resiliency: APEC Policy Support Unit
Friday, 30 October 2020, 4:57 pm | APEC
APEC member economies need to act decisively to ensure that the next structural reform agenda contributes to building resilience in the region against crises and shocks, not only tackling the challenging tasks at hand, according to a new report. ... More >>
Open And Predictable Trade Environment Key To Food Security Resiliency
Wednesday, 28 October 2020, 5:02 pm | APEC
Agriculture and food ministers and senior representatives from APEC’s 21 member economies pressed for stronger cooperation and open and predictable trade regimes to ensure global food systems remain accessible, innovative, reliable, resilient, ... More >>
Malaysia Confirms The First Virtual APEC 2020 Leaders’ Meeting
Monday, 26 October 2020, 6:31 pm | APEC
Malaysia as the host of APEC this year has announced that the 2020 APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting will take place on Friday, 20 November. This will be the first time economic leaders from APEC’s 21 member economies meet virtually. After successfully ... More >>
Going Digital Is Necessary For Small Businesses To Survive: Minister
Saturday, 24 October 2020, 6:58 am | APEC
Issued by the Small and Medium Enterprises Ministerial Meeting Putrajaya, Malaysia, 23 October 2020 APEC member economies must work together to promote and encourage the transition of the region’s micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to the ... More >>
APEC Small And Medium Enterprises Ministers Issue Joint Statement
Friday, 23 October 2020, 7:02 pm | APEC
Issued by the Small and Medium Enterprises Ministerial Meeting Putrajaya, Malaysia, 23 October 2020 Ministers in charge of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the APEC region issued a statement following their virtual meeting held on 23 October ... More >>
