Fourth meeting of the APEC Business Advisory Council opens

The fourth meeting of the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) opened on Saturday in Shenzhen City of south China’s Guangdong Province. The three-day meeting has gathered more than 60 representatives from 21 APEC economies, along with nearly 200 experts and accompanying staff.

The meeting will feature four working group sessions covering regional economic integration, sustainable development, connectivity and digital innovation. These sessions will review the achievements each group has made this year and outline cooperation priorities for the coming year, with China’s representative to ABAC chairing the connectivity working group session.

Founded in November 1995, ABAC is the only non-governmental body with an official advisory role in the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting, engaging in a formal dialogue and submitting annual policy recommendation reports to APEC leaders.