APEC Meeting concluded in east China’s Suzhou

The 32nd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting concluded in east China’s Suzhou on Saturday, yielding fruitful results and laying significant groundwork for the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in November.

The trade ministers’ meeting focused on “building an open and predictable regional and multilateral economic and trade order” and “fostering new engines of innovative and dynamic trade and investment cooperation.”

Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao briefed the media on the meeting’s outcomes at a press conference. Wang said the meeting issued a joint statement titled the Suzhou Statement, and approved the latest edition of the APEC Roadmap for Innovative, Competitive and Resilient Services.