The APEC South Korea 2025 will be the annual meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum of its leaders that will be held in November 2025.[1] It was the second time South Korea has hosted the summit, having previously hosted in 2005.
Preparations
In March 2024, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs formed the 2025 APEC Summit Host City Selection Committee and began the process of selecting the host city in earnest. The committee was chaired by Yoon Jin-sik, chairman of the Korea International Trade Association, and had 17 members including government officials and private members.[2] At the second meeting of the 2025 APEC Summit Host City Selection Committee held in the same month, the applications from each local government were reviewed, and Gyeongju, Incheon, and Jeju Province were finally selected as candidate cities.[3]
On May 28, the South Korean government held a ceremony to unveil the 2025 APEC Summit Preparation Committee and began full-scale preparations. The preparation committee had 33 members, from government ministries and economic organizations.[4]
In June, the host city was finally confirmed as Gyeongju. In August, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs APEC Preparatory Planning Team, including Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Tae-yul, visited Gyeongju and inspected key facilities to be used during the summit. The Gyeongju Hwabaek International Convention Center will be used as the main conference hall.[5]
Expected participants
APEC South Korea 2025 will be the first APEC meeting for United States President Donald Trump in his second presidency.
Notes
- ^ The president of China is legally a ceremonial office, but the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (de facto leader in one-party communist state) has always held this office since 1993 except for the months of transition.
- ^ As a result of Russian invasion of Ukraine since 2022, the International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant against the Russian President Vladimir Putin,[6] and South Korea is also a member of the court, due to the arrest risk, it's expected to send a representative of Putin to participant the APEC summit.
- ^ Due to the complexities of the relations between it and the People's Republic of China, the Republic of China (ROC or "Taiwan") was not represented under its official name "Republic of China" or as "Taiwan". Instead, it participates in APEC under the name "Chinese Taipei". The president of the Republic of China does not attend the annual APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in person. Instead, it was generally represented by a ministerial-level official responsible for economic affairs or someone designated by the president. See List of Chinese Taipei representatives to APEC.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Kim, Han-joo (27 June 2024). "Gyeongju picked as host city for 2025 APEC summit in S. Korea". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
- ^ "경주·인천·제주 APEC 유치戰…내달 판가름". Hankyoreh Shinmun (in Korean). 20 May 2024.
- ^ "내년 APEC 정상회의 개최 후보도시 경주·인천·제주 3파전". 7 May 2024.
- ^ "경주, 2025년 APEC 개최도시로 확정". Kyunghyang Shinmun (in Korean). 27 June 2024.
- ^ "외교부 장관, 경주 보문단지 등 APEC 정상회의 주요 시설 점검". Yonhap News (in Korean). 30 August 2024.
- ^ "Situation in Ukraine: ICC judges issue arrest warrants against Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova". International Criminal Court. 17 March 2023. Archived from the original on 17 March 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.