About APEC

Russia, Chinese Taipei and The Philippines will be honored to see you joined 3 APEC initiatives that will take place late October in Manila, the Philippines, 28-31 of October:

O2O Forum on October 28, 2019 is a good opportunity for start-ups that work with innovative technologies, to present their project and get a feedback on it.

Local Innovation Ecosystem Forum on October 29, 2019 will be a real chance for regional innovative MSMEs to introduce a project at the international stage and get a relevant feedback.

Capacity Building Workshop on APEC MSMEs Marketplace Utilization on 30-31 of October 2019 is great opportunity for exporting/importing MSMEs to learn what export/import tasks can be covered with the APEC MSME Marketplace and how.

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) was founded in 1989 and is now one of the leading international platforms for discussion of such questions as economic growth promotion, trade, investment, and international cooperation.

Today, APEC is:

  • 21 member economies (Australia, Brunei, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Canada, China, Chinese Taipei, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Republic of Korea, Russia, Singapore, USA, Thailand, Philippines, Chile, Japan);
  • 55.0% of global GDP;
  • 44% of world trade of goods and services;
  • 44.5% of all volume of global direct foreign investment;
  • 40% of world population.