The limelight is now on Thailand as the country takes to the world stage, hosting the 29th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Bangkok on Nov.18. In today's world, the pandemic and geopolitical tensions are disrupting the world's economic recovery. The theme of APEC 2022, "Open, Connect, Balance", is to provide paths for economic recovery. The theme highlights regional development, sustainable growth, balanced economic and environmental development, and trade and investment facilitation and liberalization, injecting a strong impetus into the economic development in the post pandemic era. In this episode of BizBeat, CGTN's Hou Jing explains.