On the afternoon of September 10, the 16th APEC Energy Ministers Meeting opened in Beijing. Ding Xuexiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech. Ambassador Chen Xu, Chairman of the 2026 APEC Senior Officials Meeting, Eduardo Pedrosa, Executive Director of the APEC Secretariat, and Shan Weiguo, Chairman of the APEC Energy Working Group, attended the meeting and delivered speeches. Wang Hongzhi, director of the National Energy Administration, presided over the meeting as the conference chairman and explained the APEC “China Year” energy theme and priority direction on behalf of the Chinese side. Beijing Mayor Yin Yong attended the opening ceremony. About 300 people attended the conference, including energy ministers and representatives from APEC member economies, APEC observers, and heads of relevant international organizations. This conference is a 2026 APEC “China Year” ministerial institutional event in the energy sector. With the theme of “Jointly Building an Inclusive, Innovative, and Collaborative Asia-Pacific Energy Community”, this conference focuses on three priority directions: one is high-quality energy inclusion, building a safe, reliable, adequate, resilient, inclusive, sustainable, and affordable high-quality energy system, and promoting high-quality energy development on the basis of strengthening the basic energy coverage of APEC economies; the second is the two-way empowerment of artificial intelligence and energy, which not only emphasizes the support and guarantee of the energy system for computing power infrastructure, but also enhances artificial intelligence Energy system efficiency and the enabling value of enhancing system resilience to achieve mutual promotion and co-progress in the digital economy and energy transformation; the third is collaborative governance of energy in the Asia-Pacific region, coordinating energy security and green and low-carbon transformation, deepening collaboration in fields such as oil and gas channels, emergency reserves, and cross-border power mutual assistance, taking into account differences in the development stages and resource endowments of various economies, and simultaneously promoting intellectual capacity building collaboration to jointly address multiple challenges such as market fluctuations, supply chain risks and extreme weather. The Chinese side stated that the Asia-Pacific region is not only the center of global energy consumption, but also the frontier of energy production and transformation. China is willing to work with all parties to adhere to inclusive sharing, promote technological innovation, and deepen policy coordination to jointly maintain regional energy security and promote sustainable development. Energy ministers from various economies and heads of relevant international organizations actively participated in open discussions, and actively made suggestions on deepening practical energy cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region based on their own policy practices and mutual appreciation of experience. The conference will last for a day and a half. On September 11, the conference will also hold three thematic discussions and a closing ceremony.
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On the afternoon of September 10, the 16th APEC Energy Ministers Meeting opened in Beijing. Ding Xuexiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech. Ambassador Chen Xu, Chairman of the 2026 APEC Senior Officials Meeting, Eduardo Pedrosa, Executive Director of the APEC Secretariat, and Shan Weiguo, Chairman of the APEC Energy Working Group, attended the meeting and delivered speeches. Wang Hongzhi, director of the National Energy Administration, presided over the meeting as the conference chairman and explained the APEC “China Year” energy theme and priority direction on behalf of the Chinese side. Beijing Mayor Yin Yong attended the opening ceremony. About 300 people attended the conference, including energy ministers and representatives from APEC member economies, APEC observers, and heads of relevant international organizations. This conference is a 2026 APEC “China Year” ministerial institutional event in the energy sector. With the theme of “Jointly Building an Inclusive, Innovative, and Collaborative Asia-Pacific Energy Community”, this conference focuses on three priority directions: one is high-quality energy inclusion, building a safe, reliable, adequate, resilient, inclusive, sustainable, and affordable high-quality energy system, and promoting high-quality energy development on the basis of strengthening the basic energy coverage of APEC economies; the second is the two-way empowerment of artificial intelligence and energy, which not only emphasizes the support and guarantee of the energy system for computing power infrastructure, but also enhances artificial intelligence Energy system efficiency and the enabling value of enhancing system resilience to achieve mutual promotion and co-progress in the digital economy and energy transformation; the third is collaborative governance of energy in the Asia-Pacific region, coordinating energy security and green and low-carbon transformation, deepening collaboration in fields such as oil and gas channels, emergency reserves, and cross-border power mutual assistance, taking into account differences in the development stages and resource endowments of various economies, and simultaneously promoting intellectual capacity building collaboration to jointly address multiple challenges such as market fluctuations, supply chain risks and extreme weather. The Chinese side stated that the Asia-Pacific region is not only the center of global energy consumption, but also the frontier of energy production and transformation. China is willing to work with all parties to adhere to inclusive sharing, promote technological innovation, and deepen policy coordination to jointly maintain regional energy security and promote sustainable development. Energy ministers from various economies and heads of relevant international organizations actively participated in open discussions, and actively made suggestions on deepening practical energy cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region based on their own policy practices and mutual appreciation of experience. The conference will last for a day and a half. On September 11, the conference will also hold three thematic discussions and a closing ceremony.
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