Australian Economist: Looking forward to building an Asia-Pacific community to become a model for other regions

Focus on APEC丨Australian economist: Looking forward to building an Asia-Pacific community to become a model for other regions

Xinhua News Agency, Canberra, November 13 (Reporters Qi Zijian and Wang Jialin) "We look forward to the construction of the Asia-Pacific community playing an important role on the world stage and becoming a model for other regions." Peter Drysdale, a well-known Australian economist, recently accepted an exclusive interview with a reporter from Xinhua News Agency in Canberra. Taking actions to safeguard common regional interests under the framework of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) will benefit the Asia-Pacific and other regions in the world.

Drysdale is the director of the Institute of East Asian Economics and the "East Asia Forum" at the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University. He has written extensively on economic cooperation, international trade and economic policy in East Asia and the Pacific.

"APEC is inseparable from common interests, a sense of community and a sense of common belonging," Drysdale said. APEC is a stabilizing force in international economics and politics, and the series of principles it advocates are crucial to meeting the challenges of today's world, helping to reduce uncertainty and create more certainty.

Drysdale said: "Reducing uncertainty is about building confidence in cooperation and working together to solve the economic and political problems we face."

Drysdale spoke highly of China's important role in promoting cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region. "The Asia-Pacific region has become an increasingly important part of today's world, largely due to China's success in modernization and industrialization."

Drysdale has visited China many times. He said that China's development has undergone tremendous changes, but what remains unchanged is cooperation. China plays an important role in global affairs and plays an important role. He believes that the 33rd APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting to be held in Shenzhen has attracted global attention, and the Asia-Pacific region has become an important bastion of openness.