(Shenzhen APEC) All preparatory work for the APEC Shenzhen meeting is ready, showing three characteristics

China News Service, Shenzhen, November 14 (Reporter Cheng Jingwei) The 2026 APEC Leaders' Meeting Week News Center held a special briefing for Chinese and foreign media in Guangdong Province and Shenzhen City on the 14th.

Wang Xi, member of the Standing Committee of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and deputy leader and office director of the Guangdong Provincial Preparatory Leading Group for the APEC Meeting, said at the meeting that the 33rd APEC Leaders’ Informal Meeting will be held in Shenzhen, Guangdong from November 18 to 19, 2026. This is the third time that China has served as the host of APEC for the first time in 12 years. Since the start of the preparatory work, Guangdong and Shenzhen have adhered to the highest standards and the most stringent requirements, and have gone all out to promote conference preparations and service guarantees. At present, all preparatory work has been completed.

According to reports, this preparation work draws on the good experience and good practices of holding conferences around the world in the past, combined with the reality of Guangdong, and presents several distinctive features, including highlighting green empowerment, vigorously practicing the concept of ecological civilization, strengthening urban greening, beautification, and purification, making full use of existing resources to renovate and upgrade venues, actively promoting green travel, and making conference service guarantees more low-carbon and simple; highlighting cultural empowerment and integrating China China's excellent traditional culture and Lingnan cultural heritage are carefully integrated into various scenes such as venue layout, artistic performances, and catering services, making conference service guarantees more humanistic. Emphasis is placed on technological empowerment, and digital technologies such as artificial intelligence are organically integrated into reception services, city visits, and other aspects. Technologies such as smart navigation, smart translation, digital customs clearance, and smart scheduling are widely used to make conference service guarantees more accurate and efficient.

During the conference week, 218 visiting points and 43 visiting routes will be launched across Guangdong province, and two representative visiting routes, the "Qianhai Line" and the "Nanshan Line" will be launched in Shenzhen.

In addition, the preparatory work adheres to excellence and provides all-round conference service guarantees, optimizing and upgrading the functional layout of core venues such as the Shenzhen International Exchange Center, Shenzhen Bay Cultural Plaza, Qianhai International Conference Center, and bilateral meeting venues, and strengthening comprehensive drills for each scene, link, and point to ensure interlocking and optimal presentation. According to the needs of each economy, provide services such as pick-up and drop-off, accommodation, catering, travel, medical care, and translation; strengthen communications, meteorology, social security, public health, urban operations, etc., and build an integrated service guarantee system.