China's positive progress in advancing cooperation within the framework of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) has been hailed by delegates attending the second APEC Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM2) and Related Meetings in Shanghai, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Wednesday.

"The second APEC Senior Officials' Meeting and Related Meetings were held in Shanghai from May 11 to 19. Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu attended and addressed the opening session of the Senior Officials' Meeting," said Guo Jiakun, the spokesman, at a regular briefing in Beijing.

"SOM2 builds on past progress by taking stock of APEC cooperation in the first half of this year and gathering early harvests," Guo said. "It also aims to achieve new outcomes by preparing and collecting deliverables for the leaders' meeting in November."