The APEC Growth Strategy High-Level Policy Round Table will be held on Saturday, August 7 and Sunday, August 8, 2010, with participation from Cabinet-level officials, in Beppu City, Oita Prefecture, Japan.

1. Date and Time

August 7-8, 2010

2. Place

Beppu International Convention Center, Beppu City

3. Attendees (Planned)

Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Masayuki Naoshima (Chair);

Minister of State for National Policy Satoshi Arai (Chair);

State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Kouichi Takemasa;

Ministers responsible for Growth Strategy from APEC’s 21 member economies or other appropriate government representatives;

Representatives from international institutions; and

Other eminent persons from business and academia.

4. Outline

The APEC Growth Strategy High-Level Policy Round Table is a meeting for each economy’s minister responsible for their domestic growth strategy, representatives of international institutions, and other eminent persons from business and academia to meet in one place and review in concrete terms the Growth Strategy for the Asia-Pacific region, the world’s growth center. This marks the first time in APEC’s history that such a meeting is to be held on the theme of growth. The results of this meeting’s discussion will form an important pillar of the Leader’s Declaration to be issued this November in Yokohama.

APEC Member Economies

Australia; Brunei Darussalam; Canada; Chile; China; Hong Kong, China; Indonesia; Japan; Republic of Korea; Malaysia; Mexico; New Zealand; Papua New Guinea; Peru; the Philippines; Russia; Singapore; Chinese Taipei; Thailand; the United States; and Viet Nam.

July 27, 2010

APEC Office, Trade Policy Bureau