Overview
- Leaders approved the Gyeongju Declaration alongside two documents on AI governance and demographic adaptation to cap the two‑day meeting.
- South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung promoted an “AI‑Based Society for All,” proposed an Asia‑Pacific AI Center, and floated a joint framework to address population decline.
- Lee formally transferred the APEC chairmanship to China’s Xi Jinping, who said Shenzhen will host the 2026 leaders’ meeting.
- Xi urged deeper, mutually beneficial cooperation and safe, equitable AI development, with state media highlighting his push for a global AI cooperation body.
- Questions persisted over how far members align on free trade and multilateralism, even as APEC maintained consensus‑based language in the final texts.