After 'Chinese dream', Xi Jinping outlines vision for 'Asia-Pacific dream' at Apec meet

Chinese President Xi Jinping offered the world a vision of a Chinese-driven “Asia-Pacific dream” on Sunday, echoing his oft-quoted but never clearly defined “Chinese dream”.

“We have the responsibility to create and realise an Asia-Pacific dream for the people of the region,” the Chinese Communist chief told the opening in Beijing of the APEC CEO Summit, a gathering of business and political leaders that precedes the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders’ gathering.

Such a dream, he said, was “based on a shared destiny of all of the Asia-Pacific” and incorporated peace, development and mutual benefits.

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation area includes 40 per cent of the world’s population, almost half its trade, and more than half its GDP.

China would focus on “managing its own affairs well” while looking to “bring more benefits to the Asia-Pacific and the world with its own development”, Xi said.

As “China’s overall national strength grows”, he told his audience, it would be able and willing to offer “new initiatives and visions for enhancing regional cooperation”.