Korea Chamber of Commerce and Business and SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won makes a thumbs-up gesture in the course of the 2024 APEC CEO Summit on the Grand Nationwide Theater in Lima, Peru, Friday (native time), to introduce the theme of subsequent 12 months’s occasion in Korea. Yonhap
2025 APEC CEO Summit to happen beneath theme of ‘Bridge, Enterprise, Past’
By Park Jae-hyuk
Round 1,000 enterprise leaders on the 2024 APEC CEO Summit in Lima, Peru, gave a thumbs-up gesture on Friday (native time) to indicate their dedication to collaborating in subsequent 12 months’s occasion, which shall be held in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, based on the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Business (KCCI) Sunday.
The KCCI stated that they made the gesture as its chairman, who took over the chairmanship of the APEC CEO Summit, launched the theme of subsequent 12 months’s occasion: “Bridge, Enterprise, Past.”
“These phrases begin with ‘B,’ ‘B,’ ‘B,’ however does the acronym ‘BBB’ ring a bell? Most likely not proper now,” KCCI and SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won stated after Peru’s Intercorp CEO Fernando Zavala handed over his gavel.
“Whenever you write it in lowercase — ‘bbb’ — it appears like three thumbs-up! Not just one thumbs-up, not double, however a triple thumbs-up. So keep in mind triple thumbs-up. That’s our theme.”
Chey famous that the personal sector will “bridge” numerous societies whereas “companies” play essential roles on this journey, main humanity “past” the challenges of at present.
“’Bridge, Enterprise, Past’ needs to be far more than simply thumbs-up. They have to be sensible instruments that convey collectively the 21 APEC economies to establish and drive our innovation priorities,” the KCCI chairman stated.
He vowed to make the occasion a invaluable platform the place businesspeople change concepts, handle frequent challenges and align on know-how and sustainability objectives.
“Collectively, we should always set the stage for mutual progress and maximize every of our strengths and data. We’ll make progress via technological innovation, sustainability and inclusive progress,” Chey stated.
This 12 months’s APEC CEO Summit held beneath the theme of “Folks, Enterprise, Prosperity” additionally enabled world enterprise leaders to debate numerous subjects starting from local weather change to synthetic intelligence, digital well being care and monetary inclusion.
President Yoon Suk Yeol and Peruvian President Dina Boluarte attended the ceremony for the handover of the APEC CEO Summit chairmanship, together with Chey and members of the APEC Enterprise Advisory Council, together with HS Hyosung Vice Chairman Cho Hyun-sang, Kolon Vice Chairman Lee Kyu-ho and Megazone Cloud CEO Lee Joo-wan.
