标题: An Introduction to APEC 亚太经合组织介绍 [打印本页] 作者: Helen 时间: 2020-11-21 10:02 标题: An Introduction to APEC 亚太经合组织介绍 回帖下载完整音频及双语文档：
Established in 1989, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) aims to promote free trade and economic cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region.
亚太经济合作组织（APEC）成立于1989年，旨在促进亚太地区的自由贸易和经济合作。
APEC has 21 member economies: Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China, China's Hong Kong, Chinese Taipei, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, the Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Republic of Korea, Thailand, the United States and Vietnam.
APEC has three official observers: the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Secretariat, the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council and the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat.
亚太经合组织有三位正式观察员：东南亚国家联盟秘书处，太平洋经济合作理事会以及太平洋岛屿论坛秘书处。
APEC economies are home to an estimated 2.9 billion people, accounting for 39 percent of the global population in 2016. Every year one of the 21 member economies hosts APEC meetings and serves as the chair.
Growth has soared in the region since the first APEC meeting, with real GDP increasing from 19 trillion US dollars in 1989 to 45 trillion US dollars in 2016, accounting for 60 percent of the global GDP.
The region also accounted for 47 percent of global trade in goods and services with a value of 20 trillion US dollars in 2016. In 2019, APEC GDP is forecast to expand 3.7 percent.