Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, south China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of traffic, APEC-themed decorations
2. Qianhai International Convention Center, venue for APEC CEO Summit
3. Sign of APEC CEO Summit 2026

Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, south China - Nov 15, 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
4. Various of press conference in progress, reporters
5. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Li Qingshuang, vice chairwoman, China Council for Promotion of International Trade (partially overlaid with shot 5):
"The summit will bring together research achievements and exchange consensus, and form and release the Shenzhen Initiative at the APEC CEO Summit 2026. This will be the first time in the 30 years since the CEO Summit was established that an outcome document is released in the form of an initiative. The initiative will systematically incorporate and integrate the core propositions of the business community, offer suggestions and strategies to APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting, provide consensus and reference for subsequent business cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region, and build a common action framework that can be implemented and followed up to continuously deepen and consolidate Asia-Pacific business cooperation."

Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, south China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
6. Various of APEC-themed decorations, traffic

An initiative will be released as an outcome document for the first time at the APEC CEO Summit, which is scheduled to be held in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, on Tuesday and Wednesday, said an official from the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) on Sunday.

Li Qingshuang, vice chairwoman of the CCPIT, said at a press conference in Shenzhen that the CEO Summit will bring together more than 2,000 representatives from political and business communities, including leaders of APEC economies.

Under the theme "To Prosper and Win the Future Together," core topics and special topic discussions at the CEO Summit will focus on Jointly Crafting a New Blueprint of Connectivity, Building an Open and Inclusive Artificial Intelligence Innovation Ecosystem, Building a New Paradigm for Sustainable Development in the Asia-Pacific, Jointly Charting a New Journey for the Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific, Exploring a New Path for the Digital Economy Cooperation, The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and Asia-Pacific Development Opportunities, and Promoting Synergized Digital and Green Transformation, Li said.

"The summit will bring together research achievements and exchange consensus, and form and release the Shenzhen Initiative at the APEC CEO Summit 2026. This will be the first time in the 30 years since the CEO Summit was established that an outcome document is released in the form of an initiative. The initiative will systematically incorporate and integrate the core propositions of the business community, offer suggestions and strategies to APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting, provide consensus and reference for subsequent business cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region, and build a common action framework that can be implemented and followed up to continuously deepen and consolidate Asia-Pacific business cooperation," Li said.

The 33rd APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting will be held in Shenzhen on Wednesday and Thursday under the theme "Building an Asia-Pacific Community to Prosper Together."