News Summary

• China's Finance Minister Lan Foan called on APEC members to work more closely together to boost growth.
• Lan also urged governments to cooperate on AI, the digital economy and green sector development.
• China, the world's second-largest economy, would continue comprehensive economic reforms, he said, without elaborating.
• "APEC, as an engine of global economic growth, shoulders greater responsibility," Lan said in remarks at the opening of the APEC Finance Ministers' meeting in Hong Kong on Tuesday.