The 2025 summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum adopted a joint leaders' declaration as it concluded in South Korea on Saturday. Leaders assembled in Gyeongju also agreed on an Artificial Intelligence Initiative and the APEC Framework for Cooperation on Population Structure Changes. Speaking at the summit's closing ceremony, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced that China will host the annual APEC summit at the tech hub of Shenzhen next year in November. It will be the