According to Jin10, the APEC Data for Growth Senior-level Roundtable released its presidential statement on July 25 in Chengdu, focusing on data's role in driving innovation, productivity, and economic growth.
The statement marks a strategic shift in APEC data cooperation from governance and compliance toward value creation. The framework expands beyond privacy protection and cross-border data flow rules to encompass data supply, circulation, application, and growth enablement throughout the full data lifecycle, reflecting accelerating advances in artificial intelligence and digital technology.