China holds that APEC is an inter-governmental forum for economic
cooperation. China also holds that APEC is an economic forum by
nature and an organization that focuses on the development of regional
economic cooperation.
China sticks to making the principle of acting on one's own will
on a voluntary basis, reaching consensus through consultation, being
flexible and progressing step by step as APEC's mode of cooperation.
China supports actively and steadily advancing the process of liberalization
of trade and investment and promoting the healthy development of
a multi-lateral trading system on the basis of adhering to the principle
of opening and non-discrimination. China attaches importance to
economic and technological cooperation and holds that economic and
technological cooperation and trade and investment liberalization
are closely related and that they should complement each other.
China maintains that APEC should pay close attention to financial
issues, strengthen financial regulation, be good at formulating
financial policies in accordance with actual circumstances, keep
a sound financial order and ward off financial risks.
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