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CNCPEC: Amb. Zhan Yongxin attended the 2023 China (Tianjin) International Fair for Investment and Trade & PECC Expo

Thursday, December 21, 2023

On November 22nd to 23rd, Amb. Zhan Yongxin, Chair, China National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation, attended the China·Tianjin Forum for Business Cooperation and Development, and the opening ceremony of the 2023 China (Tianjin) International Trade and Investment Fair, and PECC Expo. About 300 representatives from relevant Foreign Embassies in China, government departments, domestic and foreign business institutions, trade promotion agencies, enterprises, as well as renowned experts,...

KOPEC: DR. Siwook Lee appointed as the new KOPEC Chair

Friday, July 28, 2023

Dr. Siwook Lee succeeds Dr. Heungchong Kim as the Chair of the Korea National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation (KOPEC). Dr. Lee is also the President of the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP) and professor at the KDI School of Public Policy and Management (on leave). Dr. Lee earned his B.A. in Economics at Yonsei University, M.A. in applied economics at the University of Parix-IX, France and Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, U.S.,...

MANCPEC: Professor Dr Mohd Faiz Abdullah appointed as the new MANCPEC Chair

Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Professor Dr Mohd Faiz Abdullah succeeds Mr Herizal Hazri as the Chair of the Malaysia National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation (MANCPEC). Professor Faiz is also the Chairman for the Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS), Malaysia. A lawyer by training, Professor Faiz graduated with First-Class Honours in LLB from the International Islamic University Malaysia in 1989 and was called to the Malaysian Bar the following year. He later obtained an MBA from the...

MXCPEC: Dr. Gerardo Traslosheros appointed as the new MXCPEC Chair

Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Dr. Gerardo Traslosheros succeeds Ambassador Sergio Ley as the Chair of the Mexico National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation. Dr. Traslosheros is also the Coordinator of the Global Governance Program at the UDLAP Jenkins Graduate School (UJGS) in Mexico City, and Member of the Mexican Council of Foreign Relations (COMEXI). He is also a newspaper columnist, an analyst on global affairs, and a professor on international economics. He has previously served as Ambassador of Mexico to New...

AUSPECC: Mr Christopher Langman appointed as the new AUSPECC Chair

Friday, October 28, 2022

Mr Christopher Langman succeeds Dr. Gordon de Brouwer as the Chair of the Australian PECC committee (AUSPECC). Mr Langman has had a distinguished career in the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He was Deputy Secretary, Trade, Investment, and Business Engagement Group, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade from 2018 to 2021. Prior to that, he was Australia's Ambassador to Iraq. Mr Langman earlier served as Ambassador to the OECD in Paris, as Deputy Head of Mission to the...

NZPECC: Dr. Alan Bollard appointed as the new NZPECC Chair

Tuesday, July 12, 2022

Alan Bollard (CNZM; PhD Auck; FRSNZ) is a Professor of Pacific Region Business at Victoria University of Wellington, and inaugural Chair for Pacific Region Business. Alan is also the Chair of the Infrastructure Commission, Chair of the cross-university Centres for Asia-Pacific Excellence, and Chair of the New Zealand Portrait Gallery. He is NZ Governor of the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, and was on the Organizing Committee for NZ APEC 2021. He is a Director of China...

HKCPEC: Prof Tam Kar Yan appointed as the new HKCPEC Chair

Friday, May 27, 2022

Professor Kar Yan TAM is Dean of the HKUST Business School and Chair Professor of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management. Prior to being Dean of the Business School, he was Dean of Students and Associate Provost at HKUST. Professor Tam is a board member of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) and was the Past President of the Association of Asia Pacific Business Schools...

PECC mourns the passing of Ambassador Roberto Romulo

Friday, January 28, 2022

Ambassador Roberto Romulo being presented with a token of appreciation by then PECC co-chair, Mr Jusuf Wanandi at the PECC General Meeting in 2015 for this services to the organization. PECC mourns the passing of Ambassador Roberto Romulo. Bobby Romulo served as the PECC chair from 1996-1999 and as chair of the Philippines PECC committee from 1996 to 2005. He was also the founding chair of the APEC Business Advisory Council. Former chair of the New Zealand PECC committee and Emeritus Professor...

CTPECC: The 36th Pacific Economic Community Seminar: Economic Transformation and the Future of Work in the Asia-Pacific after the Pandemic

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

The COVID-19 is bringing the globe and the Asia-Pacific irreversible changes in terms of our economy and social interactions, on which our regional order and agenda for cooperation is underpinned. Supply chains of strategic significance are about to be restructured, while people call for a more sustainable way to recover with new technologies that imply both opportunities and risks. New patterns of regional governance will definitely emerge as the changes evolve. The 36th Pacific Economic...

PECC mourns the death of Senator Adlai Stevenson III

Thursday, September 16, 2021

PECC mourns the death of Senator Adlai Stevenson III, who passed away on 6 September 2021 at the age of 90. He was a past president of the U.S. Committee of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council. He served in the US Senate from 1970 to 1981 representing the state of Illinois. Adlai E. Stevenson III, served in numerous business and public policy related capacities, including Chairman of SC&M Investment Management Company, founder and a Director of Hua Mei Capital Company (the first Sino US...

CNCPEC: Virtual Symposium on Promoting Connectivity in Asia Pacific towards a Future of Shared Prosperity and Sustainability

Friday, August 07, 2020

CNCPEC: Building A Free Trade Area of Asia-Pacific and Promoting Global Economic Governance | Sanya, China | August 15, 2017

Wednesday, August 23, 2017

CNCPEC: 12th PECC International Trade and Investment Fair & 6th Forum on Chinese Enterprises Going Global Strategy | Tianjin, China | April 14-15, 2016

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

CNCPEC: New Development and Future Direction of Asia-Pacific Regional Economic Integration | Beijing, China | November 14-15, 2013

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

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