Japan said Friday that PM Yoshihiko Noda is unlikely to officially meet with his Chinese and South Korean counterparts on the sidelines of APEC summit.
The annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Leaders' Meeting this weekend has put drawing up a list of environmentally friendly goods on its agenda.
Hu Jintao arrived in Russia's Far Eastern city of Vladivostok on Thursday for the annual economic leaders' meeting of the 21-member APEC.
Chinese President Hu Jintao met Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang on Friday to discuss bilateral ties and issues of common concern.
Ministers from 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member economies on Thursday agreed to present a list of 54 items of goods for tariff reduction to the upcoming APEC informal economic leaders' meeting for approval.
Governments should be vigilant against a continued sluggish growth worldwide in the next 12 months and seek ways to get out of the trough, an observer of the APEC forum said Wednesday.
Senior Chinese officials on Wednesday called for continued efforts to improve food security and multinational trading system at a ministerial meeting of the APEC group.
Hong Kong's Financial Secretary John Tsang will attend the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting and CEO Summit on behalf of Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, the government website said on Wednesday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin Wednesday underscored the Moscow-initiated priority areas for the upcoming APEC summit in the Far Eastern city of Vladivostok.
Russia wants to better integrate itself into the Asia-Pacific region, Russian Ambassador to China Sergei Razov said.
The 2-day Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Ministerial Meeting kicked off in the far-eastern Russian city of Vladivostok, on Sept 5, 2012.
Journalists visit the main conference room of the 20th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Vladivostok, Russia, on Sept 4, 2012.