APEC China 2001

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APEC China 2001
APEC China 2001 delegates
Host countryChina
Dates20–21 October
Venue(s)Shanghai
Follows2000
Precedes2002
Chinese name
Hanyu Pinyin
2001 Zhōngguó APEC Fēnghuì
Wade–Giles2001 Chung-kuo APEC Fêng-hui

APEC China 2001 was a series of economic and political meetings between the 21 member states of the

People's Republic of China during 2001. Various meetings were held across the country, with leaders from all the member countries meeting 20–21 October 2001 in Shanghai
.

Background

its economic impact
.

Many of the member states were still dealing with the fallout of the

trade with the United States
.

The leaders' meeting for APEC China 2001 was held shortly after the

Secretary of State Colin Powell in mid-September.[5] Bush has visited in China on his first international trip since the September 11 attacks and China offered strong public support for the War on Terror.[6][7]

The meetings also took place during and after the negotiations for a 20-year treaty between Russia and China. The treaty, signed on 16 July, stipulated economic and military cooperation between the two countries and also outlined a policy of general friendliness and cooperation.[8]

Administration

APEC China 2001 was overseen by a

Minister of Foreign Trade Shi Guangsheng.[9] Tang, Shi, and Xu also took on a more direct role as members of the conference's Preparatory Commission.[9] Wang Guangya and Zhang Yesui, then vice-minister and assistant minister at the Foreign Office, managed day-to-day affairs as the heads of the conference's secretariat.[9]

Mission

APEC member states (dark green) have remained constant for decades despite others interested in joining (light green), in part because of the trauma of the 1997 Asian financial crisis

The planned overarching theme of the meetings was "Meeting New Challenges in the New Century: Achieving Common Prosperity through Participation and Cooperation", with the subthemes "Sharing the Benefits of Globalization and the New Economy", "Advancing Trade and Investment", and "Promoting Sustained Economic Growth".[10]

Discussion of

human resource development, and corporate governance.[10]

Discussion of trade and investment focused on non-binding principles of

trade liberalization.[10]

Discussion of sustained growth focused on international financial cooperation, improving macroeconomic forecasting, and structural reform to improve industrial competitiveness.[10]

In practice, the 11 September Attacks in the United States refocused most of the September and October meetings around

negative economic effects of the attacks.[2][11][12][13]

Preparations

The

wild game from city restaurants.[15]

Events

US president George W. Bush
on 19 Oct.
tang jackets

APEC China 2001 occurred in several stages throughout the year in different major cities around the country.

It began in early February at the national capital Beijing. The APEC Symposium on e-Commerce and Paperless Trading ran from 9–10 February, and the first Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM I) from 11–19 Feb.[22]

In May, there was a "high-level meeting" on Human Capacity Building in Beijing on the 15th & 16th; an ASC Consortium Meeting in the northern port of Tianjin from the 18th to the 20th; and the second Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM II) in the southern manufacturing center and port of Shenzhen from the 26th until 3 June.[22]

Also in June, the Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Trade occurred in the eastern port of Shanghai on the 6th and 7th. The 2nd APEC Investment Mart occurred from the 9th to the 15th in the northern port of Yantai, Shandong.[22]

In July, the Youth Science Festival took place in Shanghai from the 9th to the 14th.[22]

In August, the Manchurian port of Dalian, Liaoning, hosted the third Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM II) from the 16th to the 24th; Beijing hosted the WLN Meeting from the 22nd to 25th; and Shanghai hosted the SMEs Ministers' Meeting from the 26th to the 31st.[22]

In September, the Finance Ministers' Meeting was held in the eastern manufacturing center and historic city of

$1.07 billion[23]—was held in the same city from the 21st to 25th.[22][24]

APEC China 2001 ended in Shanghai with its major events: an informal Senior Officials' Meeting 15–16 October, the 13th annual Ministerial Meeting 17–18 October, a CEO summit 18–20 October, a Business Advisory Council Meeting 18–21 October, and the 9th Informal Leaders' Meeting on 20–21 October.

piano keys and the APEC member countries.[26]

Venues

Shanghai Science & Technology Museum
was completed just in time for its meeting halls to be used for the October conferences

For meetings in Shanghai, the main venue was the

Oriental Pearl TV Tower[25] for the 3,179 domestic and foreign reporters from the 517 media organizations covering the October events;[27] it was opened from 14 Oct.[28] through the end of the month. The CEO summit was conducted in the conference halls at the Pudong Shangri-La.[29] For the world leaders' summit, the first day of meetings and the main banquet[30] were held in the International Convention Center and the second day's work took place in the as-yet-unopened Shanghai Science and Technology Museum.[31] Jiang stayed at the Xijiao State Guest Hotel in Hongqiao, where he met and gave some press conferences with foreign leaders.[32]

Leaders and staff were shuttled around town in the event's official vehicles, nearly 800

Shanghai General Motors,[33] as well as in over 1300 other support vehicles reserved for the occasion.[16]

Participants

prime minister Junichiro Koizumi
with Putin at the Economic Leaders' Meeting

The Economic Leaders' Meeting was attended by

Li Yuan-zu—was also refused entry on the grounds that he was also a political rather than an economic representative.[1][37]

63 other VIP planes brought other political and business leaders to the October meetings in Shanghai.

Gerald Levin;[29] Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina;[29] and IT leaders Bill Gates, Li Dongsheng, and Wang Zhiti attended the CEO summit.[38]

Legacy

tang jackets
.
less developed
members
Further information:
Hanfu movement

The leaders agreed that, despite the sound fundamentals of their economies,

Doha round of trade negotiations.[40]

In light of the growing importance of the

less developed states.[12][2]

The APEC leaders issued a separate counter-terrorism statement, committing to "prevent and suppress all forms of terrorist acts in the future", including enacting regulations and legislation to prevent terrorist funding.

Uyghur separatism,[8] both of which had drawn some international complaints.[43][b] Rather than considering these cases separately, Jiang advocated "a unanimous attitude and a sole standard should be adopted in fighting terrorism and... all forms of terrorism should be opposed and crushed".[8] At the same time, Jiang emphasized that reprisals against terrorism—such as that beginning to be untaken by the United States—should be undertaken within UN guidelines and frameworks.[8] In the months following APEC, the United Nations Security Council would unanimously pass Resolutions 1377 (concerning international counterterrorism); 1378 and 1383 (condemning the existing government of Afghanistan and envisioning its future replacement under UN auspices); and 1386 (authorizing the International Security Assistance Force
to assist the US military in the removal of the existing Afghani government).

The Leaders' Family Photo—an annual "silly shirt" ritual where world leaders don traditional outfits presented by their host

Chinese fashions.[60][61]

Notes

  1. ^ The proposal was originally called "the Shanghai Charter", but this was revised because of unforeseen legal complications caused by that phrasing.[13]
  2. ^ Bush pushed back against this tack in public, noting at a joint press conference with Jiang that "the war on terrorism must never be an excuse to persecute minorities".[44]

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b McMillan, Alex Frew, "Terrorism Takes Over APEC Economic Talks", CNN, 15 October 2001.
  2. ^ a b c d e CIIC (2001), "Shanghai APEC 2001: Its Significance".
  3. ^ People's Daily (10 Oct 2001), "APEC Meeting to Be Held in Shanghai as Scheduled".
  4. ^ People's Daily (27 Sep 2001), "Preparation for APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting 2001 Smoothly: FM Spokesman".
  5. ^ People's Daily (26 Sep 2001), "Economic Issue to Top Agenda of Summit, Terrorism to Be Concerned".
  6. ^ "Bush arrives in Shanghai for APEC". CNN. 17 October 2001.
  7. ^ "APEC unites against terror". CNN. 22 October 2001.
  8. ^ a b c d e CIIC (2001), "Jiang Meets Putin"
  9. ^ a b c CIIC (2001), "Organizing Committee".
  10. ^ a b c d CIIC (2001), "Theme".
  11. ^ CIIC (2001), "The Thirteenth APEC Ministerial Meeting... Joint Statement".
  12. ^ a b c d e f g CIIC (2001), "APEC Meeting Concluded with the Leaders' Declaration".
  13. ^ a b c d McMillan, Alex Frew, "'Shanghai Accord' Sets APEC Trade Agenda", CNN, 21 October 2001.
  14. ^ People's Daily (8 Oct 2001), "China Examines Preparations for APEC Activities".
  15. ^ a b c d e f People's Daily (10 Oct 2001), "Shanghai Takes on New Look to Welcome APEC".
  16. ^ a b c d e f g People's Daily (27 Sep 2001), "Shanghai Ready to Embrace APEC".
  17. ^ People's Daily (5 Oct 2001), "Shanghai Pudong Airport Well Prepared for APEC Meeting".
  18. ^ Bray, Marianne, "China Unblocks News Sites as Leaders Gather", CNN, 17 October 2001.
  19. ^ People's Daily (14 Oct 2001), "Security Tightened for Safety of APEC Meetings: Spokesperson".
  20. ^ a b People's Daily (12 Oct 2001), "Shanghai Ready for APEC Meeting".
  21. ^ People's Daily (11 Oct 2001), "APEC Work Staff Get 1.14 Billion Yuan Insurance".
  22. ^ a b c d e f g h CIIC (2001), "Schedule and Activities".
  23. ^ People's Daily (26 Sep 2001), "APEC Technical Fair Concludes".
  24. ^ People's Daily (13 Sep 2001) "HK Delegation to Attend APEC Technomart in Suzhou", (22 Sep 2001) "APEC Technology Exhibition, Trade Fair Opens in Suzhou", & (24 Sep 2001), "APEC Technomart: Show of Future Technology".
  25. ^ a b c APEC (15 Oct 2001), "Media Advisory for... APEC 2001".
  26. ^ CIIC (2001), "Magnificent Fireworks Give Warm Welcome to APEC Leaders".
  27. ^ People's Daily (15 Oct 2001), "Over 3,000 Reporters Register to Cover APEC Meetings".
  28. ^ People's Daily (13 Oct 2001), "Hi-tech Communication Services to Facilitate APEC Meeting Coverage" & (14 Oct 2001), "International Media Centre for APEC 2001 Meetings Opens".
  29. ^ a b c d McMillan, Alex Frew, "Bush: Terrorists Attacked World and Free Trade", CNN, 20 October 2001.
  30. ^ CIIC (23 Oct 2001), "APEC Leaders Dine in Style".
  31. ^ People's Daily (21 Oct 2001), "APEC Economic Leaders Pose for Group Photo".
  32. ^ McMillan, Alex Frew & al., "US Wins Support from China", CNN, 19 October 2001.
  33. ^ a b People's Daily (12 Oct 2001), "General Motors Ready for APEC Meeting".
  34. ^ a b People's Daily (25 Oct 2001), "Shanghai Airports Safely Handle 78 VIP Flights during APEC Summit Archived 9 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine".
  35. ^ Li Yan, "Chen Shui-bian Cannot Attend Shanghai's APEC Meeting: FM Spokesman", People's Daily, 28 September 2001.
  36. ^ CNN (6 June 2001), "Chen's APEC Bid Rebuffed Again".
  37. ^ CIIC (20 Oct 2001), "Beijing Regrets Taipei's Decision".
  38. ^ CIIC (2001), "Bill Gates on Future of Technology".
  39. ^ People's Daily (26 Sep 2001), "APEC Business Leaders Urged to Speed Up Open Trade, Investment".
  40. ^ China Daily (2 Feb 2002), "US Trade Rep Praises Role of China in Negotiations".
  41. ^ People's Daily (21 Oct 2001), "APEC Leaders Statement on Counter-terrorism (Full Text) Archived 9 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine".
  42. ^ a b CIIC (2001), "Bush Urges Asian Nations to Stand Up to Terrorists".
  43. ^ a b c McMillan, Alex Frew, "APEC Unites against Terror", CNN, 22 October 2001.
  44. ^ Lam, Willy Wo-lap, "China, US Boost Ties against Terrorism", CNN, 19 October 2001.
  45. ^ Thompson, Chuck & al., "APEC Fashion Hits and Misses", CNN (11 Nov 2014).
  46. ^ a b CIIC (23 Oct 2001), "Leaders' Casual Attire for APEC 2001".
  47. ^ Zhao (2013), pp. 72–3.
  48. ^ Zhao (2013), p. 71.
  49. ^ Zhao (2008), p. 78.
  50. ^ a b c Zhao (2013), p. 75.
  51. ^ Zhao (2008), p. 79.
  52. ^ Confucius Institute Magazine (Sept 2009), "Chinese Clothing: From Gray-Blue to Coloured Years Archived 14 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine".
  53. ^ China Daily (8 Feb 2002), "Traditional Dresses Welcome Spring Festival".
  54. ^ Zhao (2008), p. 57.
  55. ^ People's Daily (25 Oct 2001), "APEC Leaders Dress to Impress Archived 8 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine".
  56. ^ Zhao (2013), p. 78.
  57. ^ Chen Hui & al., "Traditional Chinese Clothing the Rage in Beijing", CIIC, 18 February 2002.
  58. ^ Zhang Wenjie, "China's Silk Industry: A 'New Silk Road' to the International Market", CCTV, 26 November 2003.
  59. ^ Zhao (2013), p. 82.
  60. ^ Wong, Stephen, "Han Follow Suit in Cultural Renaissance", Asia Times, 26 August 2006.
  61. ^ Carrico, Kevin, "Young People in China Have Started a Fashion Movement Built around Nationalism and Racial Purity", Quartz, 29 August 2017.

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