Source: Xinhua, Editor: huaxia
SINGAPORE, (Xinhua) — Eduardo Pedrosa, executive director of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Secretariat, said China’s further opening-up, including in areas such as the digital economy and artificial intelligence (AI), would create new opportunities for deeper cooperation across the Asia-Pacific and joint efforts to address technological change.
“China has been a great leader in this opening-up process,” Pedrosa told Xinhua ahead of the 33rd APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting to be held in Shenzhen from Nov. 18 to 19.
He recalled that China joined APEC in 1991, as its reform and opening-up drive was gaining momentum. It hosted APEC for the first time in 2001, and again in 2014, when connectivity was one of the key priorities.
Source: Xinhua, Editor: huaxia
SINGAPORE, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) — Eduardo Pedrosa, executive director of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Secretariat, said China’s further opening-up, including in areas such as the digital economy and artificial intelligence (AI), would create new opportunities for deeper cooperation across the Asia-Pacific and joint efforts to address technological change.
“China has been a great leader in this opening-up process,” Pedrosa told Xinhua ahead of the 33rd APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting to be held in Shenzhen from Nov. 18 to 19.
He recalled that China joined APEC in 1991, as its reform and opening-up drive was gaining momentum. It hosted APEC for the first time in 2001, and again in 2014, when connectivity was one of the key priorities.
Pedrosa said he was looking forward to the leaders’ meeting in Shenzhen.
“One of the reasons why we’re having the leaders’ meeting in Shenzhen is because it’s a center of innovation for China, but also more globally, how the research and innovation work in Shenzhen can benefit the entire region and the rest of the world as well,” he said.
Pedrosa said he hoped economies would have candid discussions on AI and sustainable growth, as well as pressing issues such as rising energy prices, inflation and fiscal policy, and explore opportunities for cooperation.
APEC economies collectively account for more than 60 percent of global GDP and around 40 percent of the world’s population, Pedrosa noted, adding that “we have that critical mass to work together and find ways of dealing with the volatility and uncertainty.”■
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