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PECC Standing Committee Endorses Mission Statement

Thursday, December 04, 2025 Issues
At its Standing Committee meeting in August 2025, the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) endorsed the Mission Statement, reaffirming the Council’s role in advancing regional cooperation in the region. The Mission Statement “ Actively support economic cooperation and sustainable growth for an open and stable Pacific Community by leveraging tripartite collaboration and expertise to deliver evidence-based research insights, fostering inclusive and effective dialogues, and proactively providing forward-looking and actionable solutions. ” The Statement underscores the PECC’s tripartite nature (business, government, and academic/thinktank experts) as a vital mechanism for generating research-based policy insights and meaningful dialogue. It also reflects PECC’s commitment to playing...

CANCPEC, AusPECC International Project – Report Release on Modernizing Digital Trade

Monday, December 01, 2025 Publications
When the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) entered into force in 2018, Chapter 14 on Electronic Commerce represented a forward-looking approach to digital...

PERUPEC: Minister Víctor Muñoz Tuesta appointed as the new PERUPEC Chair

Tuesday, November 18, 2025 Member Updates
Minister Víctor Muñoz Tuesta succeeds Ambassador Renato Reyes as the Chair of Peruvian National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation (PERUPEC), effective 15 November 2025. Minister Muñoz is a...

Appointment of Dr. Kaewkamol Pitakdumrongkit as Executive Director of the PECC International Secretariat

Friday, November 07, 2025 Member Updates
The Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Kaewkamol Karen Pitakdumrongkit as Executive Director of the PECC International Secretariat, effective 1...

Pacific Currents

Trump Reciprocal Tariffs and Mitigating Global Recession: Role of ASEAN for the Soft-landing Option
Shandre Mugan Thangavelu, Christopher Findlay

Global value chains: From fruitful discussions to meaningful actions
Juan Navarro, Associate Faculty, Royal Roads University

Climate change in SOTR
Christopher Findlay, Tilak Doshi and Eduardo Pedrosa

Digital Technologies, Services and the Fourth Industrial Revolutions
Submitted by Jane Drake-Brockman, Christopher Findlay, Yose Rizal Damuri and Sherry Stephenson 

COVID-19 has Exposed Major Gaps in our Social Safety Nets: In a Post-COVID World Will these Gaps be Closed?
Hugh Stephens
Vice Chair, CANCPEC; Distinguished Fellow, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada; Executive Fellow, School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary

 

 

Member Updates

PECC Signature Project: Addressing Labor Shortages in the Asia-Pacific

The Asia-Pacific region faces a pressing challenge: declining birth rates and aging populations are shrinking the workforce and threatening long-term growth. East Asia already records some of the world’s lowest fertility rates, while emerging economies are projected to experience similar...

CANCPEC: Ambassador Don Campbell Appointed to the Order of Canada

On June 30, 2025, former CANCPEC Chair Donald. W Campbell was appointed to the Order of Canada, one of Canada’s highest honours which recognizes people across all sectors of society who have made extraordinary and sustained contributions to the country. Ambassador Campbell is a highly respected...

Strengthening Academic and Regional Ties

On Monday, 2 June 2025, we hosted a distinguished delegation from Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City: 🔹 Dr. Santiago García Álvarez, President 🔹 Dr. Héctor Xavier Ramírez Pérez, Vice-Dean 🔹 Mr. Gerson Garudno, CEO, Singapore-Mexico Chamber of Commerce The delegation visited the PECC...

CANCPEC: Amb. Jonathan T. Fried appointed as the new CANCPEC Chair

The Canadian National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation (CANCPEC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Amb. Jonathan T. Fried to succeed Amb. Donald W. Campbell as Chair of CANCPEC, effective June 1, 2025. Amb. Campbell has served as Chair of CANCPEC since 2011 and was concurrently...

CNCPEC: PECC Co-Chair and CNCPEC Chair Amb. Zhan Yongxin attended the 2024 Global Ocean Development Forum

On October 24th, the 2024 Global Ocean Development Forum was held in Qingdao, China. Amb. Zhan Yongxin, Co-Chair of PECC and Chair of CNCPEC attended "East Asia Maritime Cooperation Platform Qingdao Dialogue" of the forum and delivered a speech. Amb. Zhan was also interviewed by Shandong People's...

AusPECC: Mr Arjuna Nadaraja appointed as the new AusPECC chair

Mr Arjuna Nadaraja succeeds Mr Christopher Langman as the Chair of the Australian PECC committee (AUSPECC). Mr Arjuna recently retired after an extensive career as an Australian trade official with deep experience on regional economic issues, including services trade negotiations, services...

Issues

PECC attends APEC Finance Ministers' Meeting and...

Monday, November 03, 2025

Youth Voices Shape PECC’s Future

Thursday, October 23, 2025

The 32nd PECC General Meeting Concludes

Monday, September 29, 2025

2025 PECC Yeouido Declaration

Tuesday, September 02, 2025

Dr. Karen Pitakdumrongkit speaks at Digital...

Monday, June 16, 2025

Dr. Kaewkamol Pitakdumrongkit speaks at ISEAS...

Tuesday, April 08, 2025

PECC Appoints Dr Kaewkamol (Karen)...

Monday, January 27, 2025

PECC Seminar on Responsible Adoption of...

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Publications

CANCPEC, AusPECC International Project – Report...

State of the Region 2025-2026

Export Facilitation More Effective Than...

Asia Pacific Economic Profiles 2024: Asia...

ClimateTech in Focus: Innovations for a greener...

State of the Region 2024-2025

State of the Region 2023-2024 (Supplement)

State of the Region 2023 - 2024

State of the Region 2022-2023

State of the Region 2021 - 2022

PECC XI Concurrent Session - A Seamless Asia Pacific Information Infrastructure

The Eleventh PECC General Meeting
Concurrent Session

A Seamless Asia-Pacific Information Infrastructure:
Key to Realizing the Bogor Declaration Goals

September 28, 1995
Beijing, China

 

Thursday, September 28

0900 Welcoming Speech by the Concurrent Session

Co-Chairs
  • Mr. Liu Cai, Director General, Policy and Regulation, China PT Ministry
  • Professor Kenji Saga, Vice President for International Affairs, Asia University, Japan
0915 Report on PECC Telecommunication Project
  • Ms. Janet Pearce, Deputy Executive Director, USNCPEC
0945 Session I: Telecommunication in the Asia-Pacific Region: Agenda for Action

Moderator:
  • Dr. Yoo Soo Hong, Senior Research Fellow, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP), Korea
Speakers:
  • Dr. Christian Sarrazin, Vice President and Managing Director, Asia Pacific, Teleglobe Canada Inc, Canada
  • Dr. Chae-Ha Pak, President, Kumho Telecom, Korea
1030 Coffee break
1045 Session II: Deregulating and Improving Market Access

Moderator:
  • Mr. Radzi Mansor, Director, Marketing and Customer Service, Telekom Malaysia Berhad, Malaysia
Presenter:
  • Mr. Anthony Wang, Senior Assistant Director, Regulatory Affairs Branch, Office of the Telecommunications Authority, Hong Kong
Panellists:
  • Mr. Andrew Jordan, Vice President for Asia-Pacific, PanAmSat, USA
  • Mr. Jorge Kunigami, President, Supervisory Commission for Private Investment in Telecommunications, China
1200 Luncheon Speaker:
  • HE Zhou Deqiang, Vice Minister, Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, China
 
1400 Session III: Supporting Growth in Asia-Pacific Telecommunication

Moderator:
  • Mr. Pelagio Baitung, Jr., Undersecretary for Communications, Department of Transport and Communications, Philippines
Co-Presenters:
  • Mr. Gregg Christofeel, President, Brooks Telecommunications, Philippines
  • Mr. Zhicaho Xie, General Manager, Guangzhou HuaMei Communications Limited, China
Panellists:
  • Mr. Yu-Huei Jea, Director General, Ministry of Transportation and Communications, Chinese Taipei
  • Prof Kenji Saga, Vice President for International Affairs, Asia University, Japan
  • Dr. Jai-June Kim, Senior Research Fellow, KISD, Korea.
1515 Coffee break
1530 Session IV: Future Vision

Moderator:
  • Mr. Anthony Wang, Senior Assistant Director, Regulatory Affairs Branch, Office of the Telecommunications Authority, Hong Kong
Presenter:
  • Mr. Osamu Ando, Managing Director, KDD, Japan
Panellists:
  • Mr. Ardhin Ichwan, General Manager, Indosat, Indonesia
  • Mr. Hao Weimin, Deputy Director General, Telecom Administration, Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, China
  • Dr. Jiho Kim, General Manager, Strategic Planning and Coordination Office, Korea Mobile Telecom, Korea
  • Mr. K. T. Goh, Manager, Institute of Systems Science, Singapore
1645 Concluding Remarks by the Co-Chairs
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