China announces dates for APEC leaders' meeting
Updated: 2014-02-26 17:13
By Zheng Yangpeng in Ningbo (chinadaily.com.cn)
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The 2014 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Economic Leaders' Meeting will be held from Nov 10 to 11 in Beijing, a Chinese diplomat said on Wednesday.
Zhang Jun, director of the Department of International Economic Affairs under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the dates at a media briefing.
The location of the top summit meeting was previously finalized as Yanqihu, a suburb resort 50 kilometers from downtown Beijing, but the date was only disclosed as "autumn".
It will be the second time for China to host the top-level economic meeting of the Asia-Pacific region. China last hosted the meeting in Shanghai in 2001.
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