APEC–2012 priorities:

News

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  16 May / 2012

  News conference on APEC Leaders Week developments in Vladivostok

  During a May 16 news conference, Vladivostok Mayor Igor Pushkaryov commented on the developments for APEC Leaders' Week to be held in the city in September 2012.
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  15 May / 2012

  U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visits Russian Federation in late June

  U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will lead the U.S. delegation at the Women and the Economy Forum in St. Petersburg (Russia), at the end of June.
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  15 May / 2012

  Russia set to ensure continuity at APEC

  Russian Senior Official for APEC Gennady Ovechko said Russia hoped to provide continuity in APEC, while working for success in the areas it had identified as priorities.
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  12 May / 2012

  APEC Ministers will discuss tourism and environmental issues in Khabarovsk

  The meetings of the APEC Ministers and Working Groups on tourism and the environment will be held in July 2012 in Khabarovsk.
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  12 May / 2012

  Chinese diplomats praise Far Eastern University campus on Russky Island

  On May 10, a Chinese delegation led by China's Consul General in Khabarovsk, Li Wenxin, visited the newly built campus of the Far Eastern Federal University on the Russky Island.
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  11 May / 2012

  Eurasian Economic Commission in Free Trade Zone Talks with Viet Nam

  Viet Nam may become the first South East Asian country to sign a free trade zone agreement with the Customs Union.
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  08 May / 2012

  Boosting tourism as an engine for economic growth and development

  A comprehensive approach to tourism development that prioritizes growth, sustainability, progress and sharing is the key to building greater, more rewarding industry cooperation within the Asia-Pacific.
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  04 May / 2012

  Supporting SMEs – bedrock of APEC growth

  APEC members are jointly working to improve business opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) whose success is essential to ensuring the region's economic health and stability.
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  04 May / 2012

  Second Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM2) and Related Meetings

  Second Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM2), Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Trade, and the Food Security Ministerial Meeting are scheduled for May 20 through June 5, 2012 within the framework of the Russia's APEC chairmanship.
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  03 May / 2012

  APEC 2012 ASPIRE Prize: health innovation

  To promote innovation that delivers improved health, productivity and economic growth, APEC has launched the 2012 ASPIRE Prize which will honor a young scientist whose work has made an outstanding contribution to bioscience.