China Finance Minister Lan Foan to Deliver Keynote at APEC Meeting

A draft agenda for next week’s Apec finance ministers’ meeting lists programmes for finance ministers from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation’s 21 member economies on October 20 and 21.

The gathering is scheduled at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai.

The agenda, obtained by the SCMP on Monday, provides an outline of the planned proceedings for the meeting.

It shows that China’s finance minister, Lan Foan, will address finance ministers at the gathering.

Lan will deliver a keynote speech, while presentations by the IMF, the World Bank and Asian development lenders will be among the meeting’s highlights.

The financial institutions are expected to present economic outlooks and policy proposals, placing their assessments alongside the discussions among finance ministers from the Asia-Pacific economies.

Sources said major economies were still finalising their representatives for the gathering.

So far, expected attendees include Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers, South Korea’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Economy Lee Hyoung-il, and Singapore’s Minister for Transport and Second Minister for Finance Jeffrey Siow Chen Siang.

The draft schedule and the expected attendance list indicate that the Hong Kong meeting will bring together finance ministers and senior officials while giving prominent financial institutions a platform to present their economic outlooks and policy proposals.

Source: South China Morning Post