[APEC Third Senior Officials’ Meeting Held in Dalian]
August 27-28, 2026, the third Senior Officials’ Meeting of the 2026 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) was held in Dalian, Liaoning Province. Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu attended the meeting and delivered remarks. Ma Zhaoxu said that since the launch of the APEC “China Year” process, all parties had engaged in in-depth discussions, further built consensus on building an Asia-Pacific community, and preliminarily formed the “four beams and eight pillars” of the Asia-Pacific community, injecting new momentum into regional economic integration. China will be a good host and, together with all APEC parties, focus on pragmatic cooperation and inclusive development, deliver outcomes for the Informal Economic Leaders’ Meeting, and promote deeper, more substantive progress in building the Asia-Pacific community.