Since the launch of the APEC "China Year," China has held three senior officials' meetings, five ministerial meetings and over 180 meetings and activities under various mechanisms and in various fields, achieving a number of early results, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Friday.

Mao made the remarks during a news briefing in response to a related query.

Mao said events of the 2026 APEC Digital Week were held in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, from July 16 to 29. "Participating parties reached a number of important common understandings on empowering growth through digital technology and AI development and application. They had discussions for the first time on boosting growth through digital technology, which enriched APEC digital cooperation."

Participating representatives also had field tours to experience the unique charm of Chengdu as a city of innovation and creation in Western China, said Mao.

Participating parties reached broad-based consensus on advancing the global goals related to forestry and issued a joint statement at the APEC Ministerial Meeting on Forestry held in Shenzhen, Mao noted.

"Going forward, we will hold another two senior officials' meetings and ministerial meetings on food security, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), energy, transportation, human resources and finance," she said.

As the host of APEC this year, China will remain committed to Asia-Pacific cooperation, make every effort to host various events focusing on the three priorities "openness, innovation and cooperation," and build up consensus and pool efforts to ensure the leaders' meeting set for November will mark the culmination of APEC cooperation and contribute to the building of an Asia-Pacific community, she added.