APEC 2025 KOREA FINANCE MINISTRERIAL MEETING & STRUCTURAL REFORM MINISTRERIAL MEETING

Detailed Program

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Monday, October 20, 2025
09:00 - 18:00	Drafting Session
Day 1: Tuesday, October 21, 2025
09:30 - 10:00	Registration
10:00 - 10:10	Opening Remarks Korea (Ministry of Economy and Finance): Dr. Koo, Yun Cheol, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance [10 minutes]
10:10 - 10:15	APEC 2025 Priorities Korea (Ministry of Foreign Affairs): Ambassador Yoon Seongmee, APEC 2025 SOM Chair [5 minutes]
10:15 - 10:25	Photo Session
10:25 - 11:45	SESSION 1: Global and Regional Economic and Financial Outlook Presentation: International Monetary Fund (IMF), Mr. Kenji Okamura, Deputy Managing Director [10 minutes] Presentation: Asian Development Bank (ADB), Mr. Albert Park, Chief Economist and Director General [10 minutes] Lead interventions: Viet Nam, China, United States [max. 5 minutes each intervention] Interventions (all) [max. 3 minutes each intervention]
11:45 - 13:40	Finance Ministers’ Luncheon *Participation: Only for Ministers/Heads of Delegation of APEC Economies, Heads of Delegation of International Organizations (IOs), and APEC Secretariat Executive Director.
13:40 - 14:55	SESSION 2: Digital Finance Presentation: Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Ms. Anabel Gonzalez, Vice President [10 minutes] Lead interventions: Hong Kong China, Peru, Japan(TBD) [max. 5 minutes] Interventions (all) [max. 3 minutes each intervention]
14:55 - 16:15	Coffee Break
15:15 - 16:30	SESSION 3: Fiscal Policy Presentation: The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Mr. Yoshiki Takeuchi, Deputy Secretary General [10 minutes] Lead interventions: Thailand, Australia, New Zealand [max. 5 minutes] Interventions (all) [max. 3 minutes each intervention]
16:30 - 17:02	SESSION 4: Other Business 4.1 APEC FMP Priorities for 2026 China, Mr. Liao Min, Vice Minister, Ministry of Finance [10 minutes] 4.2 ABAC Letter and 2025 Report to APEC Finance Ministers Ms. Michaela Browning, Chair, APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) Finance and Economics Working Group [10 minutes] 4.3 Assessment of Cebu Action Plan [10 minutes] Mr. Carlos Kuriyama, Director, APEC Policy Support Unit (PSU) [10 minutes] 4.4 FMP Document Classification List [2 minutes]
17:02 - 17:10	SESSION 5: Conclusion of FMP 2025 5.1 Adoption of Joint Ministerial Statement New FMP Roadmap [3 minutes] 5.2 Adoption of New FMP Roadmap (Incheon Plan) [3 minutes] Korea (Ministry of Economy and Finance) 5.3 Closing Remarks [2 minutes]
18:00 - 20:30	Finance Ministers’ Welcome Dinner Co-hosted by Incheon Metropolitan City
Day 2: Wednesday, October 22, 2025
08:30 - 09:00	Registration
09:00 - 09:05	Photo Session : FMM and SRMM
09:05 - 10:50	Joint Session of FMM and SRMM: Innovation and Digitalization Presentation: The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Mr. Yoshiki Takeuchi, Deputy Secretary General [5 minutes] Presentation: Republic of Korea, the topic of 2026 AEPR “Structural Reform & AI-Driven Digital Transformation” [5 minutes] Interventions (all) [max. 4 minutes each intervention]
11:40 – 13:20 Joint Working Luncheon of Finance and Structural Reform Ministers with ABAC	11:45 - 11:50 Photo Session
	11:50 - 12:00 Opening Remarks H.E. Dr. Koo, Yun Cheol, FMM & SRMM Chair, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance, Republic of Korea [5 minutes] Representative of APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) (TBD) [5 minutes]
	12:00 - 12:10 Introduction to the Working Luncheon Discussions Ms. Michaela Browning, 2025 ABAC FEWG Chair and Partner and CEO Asia Pacific Brunswick Group [10 minutes]
	12:10 - 12:20 ABAC’s views on Session 1 and Session 2 Mr. Mitsuhiro Furusawa, 2025 APFF Co-Chair and President of Institute for Global Financial Affairs, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation [10 minutes]
	12:20 - 12:45 Session 1 Access and Opportunity in Finance Thematic Intervention: Mr. Haoliang Xu, Associate Administrator and Acting Administrator, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) [5 minutes] Thematic Intervention: 2024 AEPR, Mr. Carlos Kuriyama, Director, APEC Policy Support Unit (PSU) [5 minutes] Open Discussion [15 minutes]
	12:45 – 13:10 Session 2 Financing Investment Gaps for Digital Transformation Thematic Intervention: Ms. Anna Curzon, 2025 ABAC REIWG Chair, Global Small Business and Fintech Specialist (TBD) [5 minutes] Thematic Intervention: Mr. Gianpiero Leoncini, Executive Vice President, Development Bank of Latin America and the Carribbean (CAF) [5 minutes] Open Discussion [15 minutes]
	13:10 - 13:15 Closing Remarks H.E. Dr. Koo, Yun Cheol, FMM & SRMM Chair, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance, Republic of Korea [5 minutes] *Participation: Only for Ministers/Heads of Delegation from APEC member economies, Heads of Delegation of International Organizations, APEC Executive Director and ABAC representatives
13:20 - 17:00	Bilateral Meeting Time
Day 3: Thursday, October 23, 2025
11:30 - 12:00	Chair’s Press Conference for FMM and SRMM *Participation: Only for FMM Chair

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Tuesday, October 21, 2025
09:00 - 13:00 15:00 - 19:00	Drafting Session
Day 1: Wednesday, October 22, 2025
08:30 - 09:00	Registration
09:00 - 09:05	Photo Session : FMM and SRMM /SRMM
09:05 - 10:50	Joint Session of FMM and Structural Reform Ministerial Meeting (SRMM): Innovation and Digitalization Presentation: The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Mr. Yoshiki Takeuchi, Deputy Secretary General [5 minutes] Presentation: Republic of Korea, the topic of 2026 AEPR “Structural Reform & AI-Driven Digital Transformation” [5 minutes] Interventions [max. 4 minutes each intervention]
11:40 – 13:20 Joint Working Luncheon of Finance and Structural Reform Ministers with ABAC	11:45 - 11:50 Photo Session
	11:50 - 12:00 Opening Remarks H.E. Dr. Koo, Yun Cheol, FMM & SRMM Chair, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance, Republic of Korea [5 minutes] Representative of APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) (TBD) [5 minutes]
	12:00 - 12:10 Introduction to the Working Luncheon Discussions Ms. Michaela Browning, 2025 ABAC FEWG Chair and Partner and CEO Asia Pacific Brunswick Group [10 minutes]
	12:10 - 12:20 ABAC’s views on Session 1 and Session 2 Mr. Mitsuhiro Furusawa, 2025 APFF Co-Chair and President of Institute for Global Financial Affairs, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation [10 minutes]
	12:20 - 12:45 Session 1 Access and Opportunity in Finance Thematic Intervention: Mr. Haoliang Xu, Associate Administrator and Acting Administrator,United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) [5 minutes] Thematic Intervention: 2024 AEPR, Mr. Carlos Kuriyama, Director, APEC Policy Support Unit (PSU) [5 minutes] Open Discussion [15 minutes]
	12:45 – 13:10 Session 2 Financing Investment Gaps for Digital Transformation Thematic Intervention: Ms. Anna Curzon, 2025 ABAC REIWG Chair, Global Small Business and Fintech Specialist (TBD) [5 minutes] Thematic Intervention: Mr. Gianpiero Leoncini, Executive Vice President, Development Bank of Latin America and the Carribbean (CAF) [5 minutes] Open Discussion [15 minutes]
	13:10 - 13:15 Closing Remarks H.E. Dr. Koo, Yun Cheol, FMM & SRMM Chair, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance, Republic of Korea [5 minutes] *Participation: Only for Ministers/Heads of Delegation from APEC member economies, Heads of Delegation of International Organizations, APEC Executive Director and ABAC representatives
14:30 - 14:45	Opening Session Opening Remarks by SRMM Chair [5 minutes] Host economy priority presentation by SOM Chair [5 minutes]
14:45 - 14:50	Photo Session
14:50 - 16:20	SESSION 1: How Structural Reform can contribute to Building a Sustainable Tomorrow: Connect, Innovate, Prosper Keynote Address by APEC Executive Director [5 minutes] Final Review of EAASR by APEC Policy Support Unit (PSU) [5 minutes] Introduction of SEAASR by EC Chair [5 minutes] Interventions [max. 3 minutes each intervention]
16:20 - 16:35	Coffee Break
16:35 - 17:50	SESSION 2: Structural Reform to Enhance Connectivity Presentation by World Bank (WB) [5 minutes] Presentation by International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) [5 minutes] Presentation by United Nations Commission On International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) [5 minutes] Introduction of EoDB Action Plan by United States [5 minutes] Interventions [max. 4 minutes each intervention]
18:30 - 20:30	Structural Reform Ministerial Welcome Dinner
Day 2: Thursday, October 23, 2025
08:30 - 09:30	Registration
09:30 - 10:45	SESSION 3: Structural Reform to Promote Prosperity for all Presentation by Asian Development Bank (ADB) [10 minutes] Presentation by Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) [5 minutes] Presentation on 2025 AEPR “Structural Reform to Increase Participation in the Formal Economy” by Peru (TBC) [5 minutes] Interventions [max. 4 minutes each intervention]
10:45 - 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:20	SESSION 4: Other Business and Conclusion Recommendations by APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) to ministers [5 minutes] Adoption of Structural Reform Ministerial Statement and its annexes [5 minutes] Closing Remarks by SRMM Chair [5 minutes]
11:30 - 12:00	Chair’s Press Conference for FMM and SRMM