[2026 APEC Finance Ministers’ Meeting to be held in Hong Kong] October 21st, the 33rd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Finance Ministers’ Meeting will be held in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China from October 20 to 21, 2026. Minister of Finance Lan Fo'an presided over the meeting and delivered a speech as the chairman of the meeting, and Vice Minister Liao Min spoke on behalf of China. Chen Xu, chairman of the 2026 APEC Senior Officials Meeting, attended the meeting and delivered a speech. Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Lee Ka-chiu attended the welcome dinner. More than 300 representatives from APEC member economies, APEC observers and relevant international organizations attended the meeting. The meeting focused on the APEC China Year theme of "Building an Asia-Pacific Community and Promoting Common Prosperity" and discussed topics such as the global and regional macroeconomic and financial situation, fiscal policies to support people's livelihood development, digital infrastructure financing, promoting the development of inclusive finance in accordance with local conditions, and promoting exchanges and cooperation among APEC youth financial talents. The meeting reviewed and approved the "2026 APEC Finance Ministers Joint Statement" and the "Asia-Pacific Digital Infrastructure Financing Policy Statement", pointing out the direction for Asia-Pacific economies to deepen financial cooperation. The meeting also produced outcome documents such as "Supporting People's Livelihood Development and Investing in People - Fiscal Policy Report to Promote Sustainable Growth in the Asia-Pacific Region" and "Practical Case Collection of Inclusive Financial Innovation in the Asia-Pacific Region", and agreed to continue to promote exchanges and cooperation among young financial talents in the Asia-Pacific region. Lan Fo'an pointed out that the current international situation is intertwined with chaos, geopolitical conflicts have spillover effects, and world economic growth is facing multiple challenges. As a major economic cooperation platform in the Asia-Pacific region, APEC actively promotes open cooperation among members, strengthens macro-policy coordination, promotes regional economic integration, and promotes common development and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region. All parties should firmly implement the consensus reached at the APEC Leaders' Informal Meeting, adhere to multilateralism, deepen practical cooperation in the financial field, and contribute to regional economic and financial stability and long-term sustainable growth. Lan Fo'an introduced the continuous improvement of China's economy and emphasized that China will unswervingly promote high-quality development, accelerate the cultivation of new growth drivers, focus on expanding domestic demand, continue to expand high-level opening up to the outside world, and provide new opportunities for the development of the Asia-Pacific and the world with new achievements in Chinese-style modernization. Before the meeting, a closed-door meeting of the Finance Minister and a working luncheon between the Finance Minister and representatives of the Asia-Pacific business community were held. Discussions were held on topics such as promoting Asia-Pacific economic growth in a changing world and mobilizing private capital to support the development of digital infrastructure, and achieved good results. During the meeting, Ramfoan was invited to hold bilateral meetings with Brunei Minister of Finance Liu Guangming, Vietnam Minister of Finance Ng Van Tuan, Australian Treasury Minister Jim Chalmers, Singapore Minister of Transport and Second Minister of Finance Xiao Zhenxiang, etc., to exchange views on the global and regional macroeconomic situation, cooperation between China and relevant economies under the framework of APEC, ASEAN and China, Japan and South Korea, as well as bilateral cooperation and other issues. Lan Foan also met with Li Jiachao, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.