The 33rd APEC Finance Ministers' Meeting concludes in Hong Kong, having deliberated and adopted two statements and produced multiple outcome documents.

On October 21, the 33rd APEC Finance Ministers' Meeting concluded in Hong Kong. Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po said the meeting deliberated and adopted the "2026 APEC Finance Ministers' Joint Statement" and the "Policy Statement on Financing Digital Infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific Region," charting the course for APEC economies to deepen fiscal and financial cooperation. In addition, outcome documents including the "Report on Fiscal Policies Supporting Livelihood Development and Investment in PeoplePromoting Sustainable Growth in the Asia-Pacific Region" and the "Compendium of Innovative Practices in Financial Inclusion in the Asia-Pacific Region" were produced, and participants agreed to continue advancing exchanges and cooperation among young fiscal and financial talent in the Asia-Pacific region. The meeting focused on the theme of APEC's China year, "Building an Asia-Pacific Community and Promoting Common Prosperity," and held discussions on topics including global and regional macroeconomic and financial conditions, fiscal policies supporting livelihood development, financing for digital infrastructure, promoting financial inclusion in light of local conditions, and promoting exchanges and cooperation among young APEC fiscal and financial talent. Chinese Finance Minister Lan Fo'an said that APEC, as the main economic cooperation platform in the Asia-Pacific region, should actively promote openness and cooperation among members, strengthen macroeconomic policy coordination, and advance regional economic integration and common development and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific. All parties should firmly implement the consensus of the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting, uphold multilateralism, deepen practical cooperation in the fiscal and financial fields, and contribute to regional economic and financial stability and long-term sustainable growth. Lan Fo'an introduced China's economy, which continues to move toward new, better and more positive development, and stressed that China will unswervingly promote high-quality development, accelerate the cultivation of new growth drivers, strive to expand domestic demand, continue to expand high-level opening up, and provide new opportunities for the development of the Asia-Pacific and the world with new achievements in Chinese modernization.