What impact has apec brought to people's lives?

Since the establishment of 1989 1 1 in June, APEC has a history of 25 years, and its membership has grown to 2 1. Although it is a non-binding forum organization, in the past 25 years, this organization has changed your life and mine in many ways. APEC, which seems to be "tall", is not far away from you and me, but it will bring us greater influence in the future.

It is cheaper to eat tropical fruits and foreign milk powder.

Since the establishment of APEC, the overall tariff in the Asia-Pacific region has dropped from 16.9% to 5.8%.

Nowadays, casually walking into a supermarket, fruits in Southeast Asia, milk powder in New Zealand and wine in Chile are no longer luxury goods, and ordinary people can buy them without spending a lot of money. Behind this, APEC has played an important role in promoting.

After the APEC Trade Ministers' Meeting in 2003, China and Thailand signed a bilateral trade agreement, and the average tariff on more than 200 kinds of fruit and vegetable products was reduced from 30% at that time to zero. Although the agreement is part of the implementation of the ASEAN "10+ 1" free trade agreement, APEC, as a multilateral economic organization, should not be underestimated.

Since its establishment, APEC has always regarded tariff reduction as an important goal. Liu Chenyang, director of the APEC Research Center of Nankai University, told the Beijing News that since the establishment of APEC, the overall tariff in the Asia-Pacific region has dropped from 16.9% to 5.8%, and the positive role of APEC cannot be ignored.

The people of China may benefit more from APEC. In the decade before joining the WTO, China's tariff was reduced from 40% to 15%, among which APEC had the greatest influence, because APEC was the only multilateral economic organization that China participated in in the decade before joining the WTO, and only here could China conduct economic negotiations with many countries and regions.

It's faster to get goods overseas.

An important pillar of APEC is to promote trade facilitation.

It is not surprising that we can receive goods from the United States, South Korea, Australia and other countries in a few days. It is APEC that allows goods from these economies to enter the market faster.

An important pillar of APEC is to promote trade facilitation, "among which customs clearance facilitation is the top priority." Liu Chenyang said.

The Subcommittee on Customs Procedures of APEC has made great achievements in improving the modernization level of customs management of its members. As an important member of APEC Customs, in recent years, China Customs has strengthened communication and cooperation with other APEC economies on a series of APEC hot issues such as supply chain interconnection, single window, e-commerce, intellectual property rights and risk management. Port inspection and cargo clearance are faster and the procedures are more standardized. In addition, paperless office and mutual recognition of law enforcement standards also make customs clearance faster and more standardized.

APEC members have set up an electronic port demonstration project to speed up customs clearance procedures through high-tech means. This year's APEC meeting will also discuss the establishment of a unified Asia-Pacific electronic port management system, with the Shanghai Free Trade Zone electronic port management as the demonstration center, and Asia-Pacific countries will designate a city as a member of the electronic port network. These measures have benefited individuals and businesses in China.

Business "Free Entry" 19 Economic "Small Card"

1997 APEC began to implement the business travel card plan.

When you go to the airport, you may notice the special APEC business travel channel. With the APEC business travel card, "walk away" travel is no longer a dream.

In order to promote the free flow of business people, APEC began to implement the business travel card program from 65438 to 0997.

With valid passports and travel cards, APEC business travel card holders can freely travel between APEC economies that have been allowed to enter the country within three years, and enjoy the convenience of using the special channel of APEC business travel card when entering and leaving major airports.

China officially joined the program in 2002. Since 2004, it has issued travel cards to employees of enterprises in China and approved visa applications from other economies.

At present, the number of China citizens eligible to apply for APEC business travel cards has also expanded from the central government to local governments, and from state-owned enterprises to private enterprises and foreign-funded enterprises. Travel cards are convenient for all kinds of enterprises. As of 20 14, 10, China has issued more than 40,000 cards, which means that more than 40,000 business people have benefited from this policy.

At present, 2 1 APEC economies have joined the program, among which the United States and Canada are currently transitional members, and do not accept travel card applications from other economies, nor issue travel cards to citizens of their own economies, but provide visa applications and customs clearance facilities for cardholders from other economies.

"For APEC, this is a small achievement, but for business people, it is a great convenience. This small card involves visa policy, immigration policy and many other aspects, and requires a high degree of cooperation among members. At this point, even a strongly binding organization may not be able to achieve it. " Liu Chenyang said.

Tourist visas for traveling abroad are getting easier and easier.

The APEC Tourism Ministers' Meeting helps to strengthen tourism cooperation.

If the business travel card is still far away, APEC has also helped us a lot in making it easier for ordinary people to travel abroad.

Look at Singapore, Malaysia, the United States and Australia among APEC members, all of which are popular destinations for China people to travel, study abroad and do business. Within the framework of APEC, strengthening tourism cooperation has always been an important aspect, and the adoption and implementation of bilateral tourism facilitation measures cannot be separated from the promotion of this multilateral forum.

"There are meetings and working groups of tourism ministers under the APEC level, which is very helpful for strengthening cooperation in tourism." Liu Chenyang introduced that tourists' cross-border travel is the key goal of APEC in the future.

In addition, one of the pillars of APEC is economic and technical cooperation, "generally in the form of specific projects, such as human resources training, poverty alleviation, the application of modern information technology, education, etc." Each member economy has special funds to finance the implementation of these projects. "Liu Chenyang said that up to now, there have been more than 2,200 economic and technological cooperation projects among APEC members, involving hundreds of millions of dollars, mainly concentrated in rural areas of China, including water conservancy, forestry, new energy and environmental protection.