The 2026 APEC Data for Growth High- Level Roundtable was held in Chengdu, Sichuan Province on July 25, where member economies reached a consensus that data has become a new engine for economic growth.
As a core event of APEC Digital Week 2026, the meeting hosted in-depth exchanges over unlocking data value, technological innovation and regional productivity improvement.
In closed-door discussions, participants finalized the APEC Data for Growth High- Level Roundtable Chair's Statement which defines three directions for data cooperation, including fostering an open and enabling environment for data access and use, strengthening data-driven innovation and application, and deepening cooperation on data connectivity.
Liu Liehong, director of China's National Data Administration, said the statement shows that APEC's data dialogue has shifted from "managing data to using data," stressing that data-related cooperation among APEC member economies offers vast market opportunities and huge growth potentials that will open new paths for inclusive growth and shared prosperity.
The latest data from China's National Data Administration showed that China generated 52.26 zettabytes of data in 2025, a 27.28 percent growth year-on-year.
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