Overview
- During the concluding Retreat Session in Gyeongju, President Lee urged member economies to view AI-driven change as a route to inclusive growth.
- Lee introduced South Korea's initiative called 'AI-Based Society for All' and described a vision in which people worldwide share in technological gains.
- APEC leaders were set to adopt the Gyeongju Declaration alongside two documents addressing AI and demographic challenges, according to the presidential office.
- Lee proposed creating an Asia-Pacific AI center to boost regional capabilities and a joint framework to respond to population decline and aging.
- The chairmanship is to pass to China's Xi Jinping after a group photo and Lee's press conference, as leaders also work toward consensus on WTO-based free trade.