PoliticalPraise or endorse2026-05-22🇨🇳

China urges APEC cooperation as commerce minister skips event opening

source: Li Chenggang -> target: APEC economies

On 2026-05-22, China's international trade representative Li Chenggang opened the APEC trade ministers' meeting in Suzhou and called on regional economies to send a strong message in support of cooperation. He did so in place of Commerce Minister Wang Wentao, who was absent because of 'urgent official business.'

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