APEC to be held in Gyeongju next year...The theme of the business summit is ”Thumbs Up”

Following this year's summit in Lima, Peru, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit will be held in Gyeongju, South Korea next year.
The summit will present a vision and direction for cooperation to APEC member countries under the theme of "Connect, Innovate and Prosper."
On the 16th (local time), Chey Tae-won, chairman of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry, spoke at the 20
At the 24th APEC CEO Summit, Peru's Fernando Zavala, Chairman of the CEO Summit, announced that next year's APEC
Received the title of chairman of the CEO Summit. Qualifications of special envoy to the President
Governor Lee Cheol-woo of North Gyeongsang Province, who visited Peru for the APEC, also actively promoted the country at the media center and exhibition hall built in the Peruvian Ministry of Culture.
The CEO Summit is a business forum held annually as a side event of the APEC summit, and was organized by the Peruvian Economic and Trade Association (ComexP), an economic organization of Peru, which is the APEC chair this year.
The CEO Summit was held under the auspices of the 2019 ICT Innovation Forum (ICTIF), which was held in Tokyo on the theme of "People, Business, Prosperity."
A variety of presentations and discussions were held. The final program of the summit was a handover event, where the chairpersons passed the floor to each other. Fernando A.
CEO Zavala handed the baton to Chairman Choi Tae-won, who will be Korea's chairman next year. The baton is a representation of the traditional baton used by the native Peruvians.
Chairman Chey Tae-won said in his speech after taking over the chair, "Next year's APEC
The theme of the CEO Summit is Bridge, Business, Beyond (b.b.b.) and the first letter of next year's theme,
In response, the 1,000 or so global CEOs who attended the event made the "thumbs up" gesture and announced that they would reunite in Gyeongju next year.
There was also an aspect where a rare sight could be seen that promised a new future.