Gyeongju, ROK - Oct 29-31, 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of venue, sign of APEC CEO Summit

Gyeongju, ROK - Oct 31, 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
2. Handover ceremony for chairmanship of 2026 APEC CEO Summit in progress
3. Ren Hongbin, chairman of China Council for Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), delivering speech
4. Attendees

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5. Aerial shots of cityscape
6. Aerial shots of port, freight train, traffic on highway
7. Aerial shot of cityscape, river

The China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) officially took over as the host of next year's APEC CEO Summit on Friday.

Ren Hongbin, chairman of the CCPIT, led a delegation of more than 100 Chinese business leaders to attend the 2025 APEC CEO Summit held in Gyeongju, the Republic of Korea (ROK), from Wednesday to Friday.

At the closing ceremony of the 2025 APEC CEO Summit, Ren received the summit's chairmanship from Chey Tae-won, chairman of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), officially taking over as the host of the APEC CEO Summit 2026 on behalf of the CCPIT.

The CEO summit is a key part of the annual gathering of leaders and senior officials from the APEC member economies.

Themed "Bridge, Business, Beyond", this year's CEO summit brought together more than 1,000 representatives from various APEC economies to discuss regional economic integration, sustainability, artificial intelligence, digital innovation, global finance, biomedicine and other topics.

South China's tech hub of Shenzhen City will host the 33rd APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in November 2026, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced Saturday at the APEC chairmanship handover session of the 32nd APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting.

It will be the third time for China to host an APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting.