From February 1 to 10, the first event of the APEC "China Year," the APEC China 2026 First Senior Officials' Meeting and Related Meetings (SOM1), is held in Guangzhou.While high-level meetings and strategic dialogues occur in grand conference halls, one might wonder: what does such a monumental event truly have to do with the average citizen?
An international commercial court was established in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province, on Wednesday, to help create a law-based business environment in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
The First Senior Officials' Meeting and Related Meetings (SOM1), the first event of APEC China 2026, were being held in Guangzhou from February 1 to February 10.The meeting will focus on "Building an Asia-Pacific Community to Prosper Together," the theme of APEC 2026, along with its three priorities: openness, innovation, and cooperation.