China to Host Major APEC 2026 Meetings in Dalian
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
China is set to host the third APEC Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) and related meetings in Dalian from August 17 to 28, marking another important step toward the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting scheduled for November.
As the host of APEC 2026, China is positioning Dalian as a major venue for discussions on regional economic cooperation, trade, investment and sustainable development.
The upcoming meetings are expected to bring senior officials and representatives together to advance priorities for the Asia-Pacific region.
Dalian, a major industrial and economic centre in northeastern China, will provide the setting for what China describes as the largest and most comprehensive senior officials’ meeting of the year.
The discussions will help shape the agenda and outcomes leading up to the leaders’ meeting later in 2026.
The APEC process remains an important platform for promoting dialogue and practical cooperation among economies across the Asia Pacific.
With China holding the host year, attention will be focused on how the meetings translate regional cooperation into concrete economic opportunities.
The August meetings in Dalian therefore represent more than a series of diplomatic gatherings; they are an important part of the broader process of shaping the region’s economic priorities for the year ahead .
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
