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Intellectual Property Experts Align AI, Trade and Finance Agenda

APEC Intellectual Property Rights Experts’ Group

Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, 11 March 2026

As governments across the Asia-Pacific tighten oversight of artificial intelligence, confront rising digital piracy and look for new ways to finance innovation, intellectual property (IP) policymakers have moved to place patent, trademark and copyright systems at the center of economic strategy.

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Applications Open for the 2026 APEC Healthy Women Research Prize

Issued by the APEC Policy Partnership on Women and the Economy

Singapore, 16 February 2026

The 2026 APEC Healthy Women, Healthy Economies Research Prize (HWHE) is now open, calling for innovative, evidence-based research that strengthens understanding of how women’s health underpins economic participation across the Asia-Pacific.

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Economies Recast Investment Policy for a Changing Global Landscape

Issued by the APEC Investment Experts' Group

Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, 13 February 2026

From supply chain resilience to digital investment and sustainability, economies across the Asia-Pacific are using investment policy to recalibrate growth strategies in a more fragmented global economy.

 

APEC Lifts Growth Outlook as Trade Holds, AI Investment Surges

Issued by the APEC Policy Support Unit

Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, 10 February 2026

Economic growth in the Asia-Pacific region is projected at 3.2 percent in 2025, with growth expected to hold at 3.1 percent in 2026, according to the latest APEC Regional Trends Analysis report, even as rising trade restrictions and policy uncertainty weigh on the medium-term outlook.

Growth is expected to slow to 2.9 percent in 2027 as structural constraints, trade fragmentation and geopolitical risks become more constraining.

 

Ocean Cooperation Center on Resilience and Coastal Livelihoods

Issued by the APEC Ocean and Fisheries Working Group

Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, 6 February 2026

Oceans policy across the region is increasingly being treated as an economic resilience issue, as officials overseeing ocean and fisheries policy move to align marine protection, fisheries management and coastal livelihoods with longer-term growth and climate adaptation goals.

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APEC Health Officials Chart 2026 Health Priorities

Issued by the APEC Health Working Group

Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, 5 February 2026

As rapid population aging, slower workforce growth and rising healthcare costs increasingly weigh on productivity, fiscal sustainability and long-term growth prospects across the region, health officials sharpened their focus on health systems as an economic variable.

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Digital Trade, AI and Online Safety in Focus at Asia-Pacific Policy Discussion

Issued by the APEC Digital Economy Steering Group

Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, 3 February 2026

APEC economies met in Guangzhou this week to confront a set of digital policy challenges that are increasingly shaping trade, productivity and social outcomes worldwide, from the rapid deployment of artificial intelligence to the expansion of cross-border digital commerce and growing concerns over online safety.

 

APEC Kicks Off 2026 Meetings to Advance Openness, Innovation and Cooperation

Issued by the APEC Secretariat

Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, 1 February 2026

APEC is launching its 2026 agenda in Guangzhou as officials from the 21 member economies gather from 1 to 10 February for the First Senior Officials’ Meeting and Related Meetings.

China, serving as host economy this year, has set the theme “Building an Asia-Pacific Community to Prosper Together” signaling its commitment to deepen regional integration and accelerate cooperation across the world’s most dynamic economic region.

APEC ASIA PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION,update

 

Report: APEC Electricity Demand Seen Nearly Double by 2060 as Energy Transition Accelerates

Issued by the APEC Secretariat

Tokyo, Japan, 23 December 2025

Electrification, data-center expansion and shifts in transport are reshaping energy demand across APEC economies, with electricity consumption projected to rise by up to 96 percent by 2060, according to the ninth edition of the APEC Energy Demand and Supply Outlook, launched in Tokyo last week.

The report, updated every three years, projects electricity generation rising from 18,971 terawatt-hours (TWh) in 2022 to 32,690 TWh under current policies, reflecting a structural move away from direct fossil fuel use toward electricity across transport, buildings and parts of industry. 

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Chinese Taipei Contributes USD 650,000 to Strengthen Economic and Technical Cooperation

Issued by the APEC Secretariat

Singapore, 18 December 2025

Chinese Taipei has contributed USD 650,000 in voluntary funding to support APEC initiatives aimed at enhancing regional human security, promoting women’s economic empowerment and reinforcing evidence-based policymaking across the Asia-Pacific region.

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China Unveils APEC 2026 Theme and Priorities in Shenzhen

Issued by the APEC Informal Senior Officials' Meeting

Shenzhen, People's Republic of China, 12 December 2025

Senior officials from APEC economies convened in Shenzhen, a modern southern coastal city of China, to lay the groundwork for the forum’s agenda for next year. China, the host of APEC 2026, introduced its theme, Building an Asia-Pacific Community to Prosper Together.