The 33rd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting is scheduled to take place in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, during November 18-19, 2026.
From December 11-12 of 2025, APEC Senior Officials’ Meeting was held in Shenzhen. It was the first event organized by China as the host of APEC 2026, which symbolized the start of APEC 2026 in China.
With the theme of “building Asia-Pacific community and promoting the mutual prosperity”, APEC 2026 regards “openness, innovation and cooperation” as the 3 cooperation priorities of the year 2026. As for Asia-Pacific prosperity, “openness” is the lifeblood, “innovation” is the source of power, and “cooperation” is the foundation. The 3 cooperation priorities keep responsive to the demands from different sides.
According to the schedule, about 300 APEC series events and activities would be held in different places of the host country -- China, across the year 2026. The 33rd APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting would take place in Shenzhen from November 18-19, accompanied by the events like the APEC CEO Summit, the Diplomacy--Trade Sectoral Ministerial Meeting. APEC Senior Officials’ Meetings would respectively organized in Guangzhou (in February, 2026), Shanghai (in May, 2026) and Dalian (in August, 2026). And starting from May of 2026, about 10 sectoral ministerial meetings / senior events would take place in different places of the host country, involving the sectors like trade, digital economy, transportation, tourism, human resources, SMEs, energy, food safety, finance, women’s rights, etc. Concerted efforts are being made for the activities and events.
The APEC Senior Officials’ Meeting, held during December 11-12 of 2025, featured the visit activities, gaining the praise for the modernization in Guangdong -- Hong Kong -- Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA).
Reference: Xinhua
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