On February 10, 2026, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi attended the opening session of APEC 2026 First Senior Officials' Meeting in Guangzhou.

Wang Yi said that China has chosen the theme "Building an Asia-Pacific Community to Prosper Together" for this year. It both carries forward APEC's consistent vision and reflects a deeper commitment to further elevating regional cooperation, based on the achievements already made. Looking into 2026, China will focus on the three priorities of openness, innovation, and cooperation, and advance the following key tasks:

Firmly upholding one main goal. All parties should reaffirm the original aspirations of Asia-Pacific cooperation, focus on the future of APEC, and work toward a clear, substantive outcome document at this year's Leaders' Meeting. All parties should be more determined than ever to hold high the banner of building an Asia-Pacific community and explore objectives and a roadmap for community-building in the period ahead.

Exploring two key pathways. The Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP) and a network of connectivity would be important underpinnings for regional economic integration. All parties should build consensus on cooperation in trade, investment, regulation, and industrial and supply chains, and explore ways to better synergize the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership to broaden the path toward the FTAAP. The APEC Connectivity Blueprint for 2015-2025 proposed at the 2014 Beijing meeting has already delivered important progress. All parties should build on that, identify more converging interests, work toward an upgraded blueprint, and make physical, institutional, and people-to-people connectivity more solid and effective.

Accelerating three major transformations. Digital, smart, and green transformations driven by innovation represent new growth drivers for APEC economies and the sure path to sustainable development. All parties should actively build science, technology, and innovation partnerships and foster an open innovation ecosystem. All parties should fully leverage their strengths in digital technologies to advance practical cooperation in cross-border e-commerce, data flows, smart customs, etc. All parties should also advocate people-centered AI and AI for good, and build greater consensus on how AI can empower growth and on AI governance rules. All parties should speed up green and low-carbon development, and put forward more cooperation initiatives in clean energy, green minerals, environmental protection, and related fields.

Deepening multifaceted cooperation. All parties should bear in mind the diversity among APEC members, and deepen practical cooperation across wide-ranging areas of governance that are integral to development. On fighting corruption, all parties should build on the outcomes and consensus from the Beijing meeting and strengthen cross-border cooperation. In response to the common development challenges confronting the entire Asia-Pacific region, all parties should deepen practical cooperation in fiscal, transportation, tourism, public health, aging, food security, and other fields. All parties should strengthen interactions among small and medium-sized enterprises and in the fields of human resources, women, youth and the media, facilitate mutual travels, and forge closer people-to-people ties.