The tenth APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting
The theme of the meeting was "Expanding the Benefits of Cooperation
for Economic Growth and Development -- Implementing the Vision."
The ninth APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting
The meeting was held under the theme of "Meeting New Challenges in the
New Century: Achieving Common Prosperity through Participation and Cooperation."
It had three sub-themes or agenda items: sharing the benefits of globalization
and the new economy, advancing trade and investment, and promoting sustainable
economic growth.
The eighth APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting
The major topics of the meeting included globalization the New Economy,
economic and technical cooperation and human resource development.
The seventh APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting
The leaders pledged to strengthen markets and improve the international
framework of governing trade and investment. They also endorsed the
APEC Leaders Declaration: the Auckland Challenge, and the APEC Principles
to Enhance Competition and Regulatory Reform.
The sixth APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting
The economic leaders reaffirmed their confidence in the strong economic
fundamentals and prospects for recovery of the APEC member economies.
They agreed to pursue a cooperative growth to end the financial crisis.
The fifth APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting
The APEC economic leaders endorsed their ministers' agreement that action
should be taken for the early voluntary sectoral liberalization in 15
sectors, with nine to be advanced through 1998 and implementation to
begin in 1999. They also endorsed the Vancouver Framework for Enhanced
Public-Private Partnership for Infrastructure Development.
The fourth APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting
The economic leaders approved the Manila Action Plan for the APEC and
the APEC Economic Leaders' Declaration: From Vision to Action. The plan
included the following themes: greater market access in goods and services,
an open investment regime, reduced business costs, an open and efficient
infrastructure sector, and strengthened economic and technical cooperation.
The third APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting
The economic leaders approved a Declaration for Action (Osaka Declaration)
and adopted the Osaka Action Agenda as a framework to achieve the commitments
of the Bogor Declaration. The documents firmly established the "two
wheels" of the APEC activities: trade and investment liberalization
and facilitation, and economic and technical cooperation (Ecotech).
The second APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting
The APEC Economic Leaders' Declaration of Common Resolve (Bogor Declaration)
was adopted. The declaration included the Bogor Goals, which pledged
APEC's intent to achieve free and open trade and investment by 2010
for industrialized economies, and 2020 for developing economies.
The first APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting
The leaders discussed topics such as the future of the Asia- Pacific
region, regional cooperation and its mechanism. The most remarkable
achievement of the meeting was the creation of a vision of community
of Asia-Pacific economies.
