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Lai Ching-te announced that Xi Jinping would represent Taiwan at the APEC leaders’ meeting in Shenzhen, China, and asked China to ensure the equality, dignity and security of the Taiwan delegation’s participation in accordance with APEC practices.
The Office of the President of Taiwan announced today that Presidentlai qingde urgeacer Group Founder and Honorary Chairman Xi Zhenrong represented Taiwan at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Conference held in Shenzhen, China on the 18th and 19th.APEC ) Conference of Economic Leaders, and hope that China will fulfill its hosting responsibilities and written guarantees to ensure that the Taiwan delegation can participate in various conferences on the basis of equality, dignity and security.
Tomorrow at 10:30 am, Rashtrapati Bhavan will hold a pre-departure press conference for the 2026 APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting delegation. Lai Qingde and Shi Zhenrong will participate and give speeches.
Presidential Office spokesperson Guo Yahui said via a press release that Lai Qingde has urged Xi Zhenrong to serve as the leader delegate to the 2026 APEC Economic Leaders Meeting (AELM) and lead a delegation to attend this year’s meeting in Shenzhen, China.
Kuo Yahui pointed out that in accordance with the memorandum of membership signed in 1991, Taiwan, as a formal member of APEC, continues to participate in various conference affairs on an equal basis. This is an APEC exercise and has nothing to do with the so-called “one-China principle”.
Kuo Yahui said that Xi Zhenrong served as Taiwan’s APEC leader representative in 2007 and participated in the economic leaders’ meeting held in Sydney, Australia, and has rich experience in international exchanges.
He pointed out that Shi Zhenrong is an important representative of Taiwan’s technology industry development and brand internationalization. They have successfully promoted Taiwan’s own brands in the global market and made outstanding contributions to the development of Taiwan’s information industry and improvement of international competitiveness. Xi Zhenrong has long been on the pulse of global science and technology, and has a deep understanding of topics such as artificial intelligence (AI), the digital economy and technological innovation, which APEC has focused on in recent years.
Kuo Yahui said Lai Ching-te hopes to take advantage of Shi Zhenrong’s international vision and industrial expertise to lead the delegation to actively participate in the meeting, so that Taiwan’s perspectives and experiences can contribute to global economic and trade development. Therefore, he decided to urge Xi Zhenrong to attend this year’s APEC economic leaders’ meeting.
Kuo Yahui stressed that Taiwan has long participated in APEC and made concrete contributions to the economic and trade development of the Asia-Pacific. Taking into account the fact that APEC economies have repeatedly reached consensus on “equal participation of all members”, we hope that China will fulfill its hosting responsibilities and written guarantees to ensure that the Taiwan delegation can participate in various meetings on the basis of equality, dignity and security.
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The Presidential Palace announced that Acer Founder and Honorary Chairman Shi Zhenrong will serve as Taiwan’s leader delegate to the 2026 APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting and lead a delegation to Shenzhen, China to attend relevant meetings.
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The Presidential Office stressed that China should fulfill its hosting responsibilities and written guarantees to ensure that the Taiwan delegation can participate in various APEC meeting activities on the basis of equality, dignity and security.
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The Presidential Office pointed out that Xi Zhenrong served as a leader representative in 2007 and has rich experience in international exchanges. He has also been deeply involved in technology and brand internationalization for a long time, and is very familiar with topics such as AI and digital economy.
