China’s finance minister, Lan Foan, will deliver a keynote speech, while presentations by three prominent financial institutions will be among the highlights of next week’s Apec meeting in Hong Kong, the South China Morning Post has learned.
A draft agenda obtained by the SCMP on Monday listed a series of programmes for finance ministers from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation’s 21 member economies on October 20 and 21 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai.
Sources said major economies were 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.
Last week, the SCMP reported that United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent might skip the Hong Kong meeting to focus on preparing for US President Donald Trump’s historic visit to Shenzhen in November.