It’s official! The 2026 APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting will be held in China, and Shenzhen will take the stage as the host city.
From a border town to a global metropolis, Shenzhen has become a symbol of China’s reform and opening-up, with its GDP surging 13,600 times and population expanding 50-fold in just 45 years.
As the most influential economic cooperation mechanism in the Asia-Pacific region, APEC now looks to Shenzhen — where opportunities meets the world.
Nov 1, 2025 · 3:22 AM UTC
Big Day for Shenzhen!
On Nov. 1, It was officially announced that the 2026 APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting will be held in China, with Shenzhen chosen as the host city.
It also marks Shenzhen Talent and Entrepreneurs Day. Home to 4.5 million market entities and 7 million professionals, Shenzhen stands as one of China’s most dynamic centers of the private economy, where respect for talent and entrepreneurship defines its DNA.
Welcome to Shenzhen!
