What changes have apec brought to the people?

APEC is a loose international organization, which does not directly determine China's major policies, but indirectly has considerable influence. Most of the positive changes in China in recent years are the result of international influence, so the core force leading our cause is the United Nations and other international organizations, and the theoretical basis guiding our thinking is the common values of mankind. At the same time of domestic reform since Deng Xiaoping, the level of opening to the outside world has been gradually improved, so that China's development has integrated into the tide of world development, kept pace with the times, and accelerated the process of building China into a modern power.

The purpose of APEC is to maintain economic growth and development, promote economic interdependence among its members, strengthen the open multilateral trading system, reduce regional trade and investment barriers, and safeguard the common interests of the people in the region. 1993 the declaration of the informal meeting of Seattle leaders put forward the spirit of APEC's big family. In the discussion around the basic principles of APEC, the following seven words appear most frequently: openness, gradual progress, voluntariness, consultation, development, mutual benefit and common interests, which are called the seven key words that embody the spirit of APEC. In the interaction between China and APEC members, the positive effect of mutual benefit and win-win has been fully exerted, and the people have gradually benefited from it, which is irreversible. For a simple example, the price of Marlboro cigarettes was almost the same as it is now 20 years ago. Now the sky-high price of cigarettes in China, Marlboro is still 15 yuan. Other cheap foreign goods, scarce goods that people have but I don't have, goods that are more competitive than domestic products, education, medical care, tourism, labor services, immigration and other services are still far from the closed period.