China, the host of the 33rd APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in November, is holding the first APEC Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) and Related Sessions in south China’s Guangzhou, from Feb. 1 to 10. The SOM centers on the theme “Building an Asia-Pacific Community to Prosper Together” and the three priorities -- openness, innovation and cooperation -- to fully launch cooperation across various sectors and mechanisms and engage in in-depth discussions on specific collaborations to accumulate outcom

【郭嘉昆：APEC第一次高官會將在廣州舉行】【Guo Jiakun: The First APEC Senior Officials’ Meeting Will Be Held in Guangzhou】 外交部發言人郭嘉昆稱，APEC高官會是為領導人會議準備成果的主渠道，每年舉辦四到五次。中國作為2026年APEC東道主，將於2月1日至10日在廣州舉辦APEC第一次高官會及相關會議。這是APEC「中國年」首場正式活動。本次會議將聚焦2026年APEC會議主題「建設亞太共同體，促進共同繁榮」和三大優先領域「開放、創新、合作」，全面啓動各領域各機制合作，深入討論具體合作，為11月領導人非正式會議積累成果。 Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said that APEC senior officials’ meetings, held four to five times every year, are the main channel for preparing outcomes for the leaders’ meeting. As t