Trade and prosperity booster

All the three topics discussed in this year's APEC Economic Leaders' Week are of milestone meaning to the region's future. While integration points to the future of development, connectivity is the foundation that makes development possible, while innovation and reform will provide constant propulsion. They bring hope for a prosperous future for the region.

Tang Guoqiang, president of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council, xinhua08.com, Nov 10

'Shaping the Future Through Asia-Pacific Partnership", this year's theme for APEC, will help boost the healthy development and prosperity of economies not only within the region, but also worldwide, at a time when global economy faces severe challenges, according to Pornchai Tarkulwaranont, a renowned economist from Thammasat University, Thailand.