SHENZHEN -- From a battery anode materials plant built from scratch in Indonesia to a surgical robot in a Kuala Lumpur operating room and solar panels atop a century-old Thai university, companies from China's southern tech hub of Shenzhen have established a presence across the Asia-Pacific region.
Next week, as Shenzhen in Guangdong province hosts the 33rd APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting under the theme "Building an Asia-Pacific Community to Prosper Together," the innovative, collaborative approach that Shenzhen embodies will take center stage.
The numbers are significant. China's goods trade with other APEC members reached 26.29 trillion yuan ($3.9 trillion) in 2025, or nearly 60 percent of its total foreign trade, according to the General Administration of Customs. High-tech goods are an increasingly strong link: China's exports of such products to other APEC members rose 8.1 percent to 4.63 trillion yuan in 2025.
