On November 14, the 2026 APEC Leaders' Meeting Week held its first press briefing for Chinese and foreign media on Guangdong Province and Shenzhen. Journalists from major domestic and international media gathered to focus on the preparations for the APEC event in Shenzhen and to capture new opportunities for Asia-Pacific regional cooperation.
Reginald Chandar, a journalist from the Fijian media outlet FijiLive, said that Fiji is not currently an APEC member economy, but he has been closely following the series of APEC meetings in Shenzhen. In order to cover the event and track developments in Asia-Pacific cooperation, he arrived in Shenzhen two days early to take part in interviews.
Reginald Chandar acknowledged that although Fiji is not an APEC member, Asia-Pacific trade and economic connectivity and regional prosperity have a profound impact on development opportunities for Pacific island countries, and therefore this APEC event held in Shenzhen has attracted widespread attention in the South Pacific. After visiting in person, he spoke highly of Shenzhen's urban development, open atmosphere and modern appearance. He said that Shenzhen, as an international innovative city, is highly representative as the host of APEC; its complete urban infrastructure, solid preparations and strong atmosphere of openness and cooperation vividly demonstrate China's determination to open up and the vibrant vitality of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. He looks forward to this APEC meeting yielding more consensus on practical cooperation and promoting connectivity and mutual benefit among Asia-Pacific economies; he also hopes that through his reporting, people in Fiji and the South Pacific will better understand the new trends in Asia-Pacific cooperation.
(Reporter in Shenzhen)
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