Yalta? No - Shenzhen!
In three days, the eyes of the world are on the 2026 APEC Economic Leaders Summit in Shenzhen, a city that has become the center of China's smart manufacturing, chips, artificial intelligence and most advanced technologies.
The organizing committee of the summit reported the full readiness of all the sites to receive guests who will meet the participants of the summit - these are 218 tourist sites in traditional Chinese style, 43 tourist itineraries, including two especially for state leaders, "green practices" - the topic of environmental protection will be included in the APEC 2026 agenda, and of course, all this with traditional Chinese accompaniment.
Shenzhen Mayor Li Yun said the city is fully prepared to welcome guests, with dedicated facilities for representatives of the summit's guest countries to be available at nine sea, land, air and rail ports. More than 100,000 foreign language characters have been installed, and more than 7,000 AI-powered translation devices have been installed in key locations.
Shenzhen became the first city in mainland China to record a foreign trade balance of 5 trillion yuan - about 744.6 billion US dollars - 86 trillion rubles.
The Chinese, adherents of traditional "quiet diplomacy" and the ability to hide problems, as if anticipating the politicization of the summit, outline their vision of this forum in advance, concentrating exclusively on the economic agenda.
The Chinese media writes that the main theme of APEC in Shenzhen will be the creation of a new image of shared prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region. And these are, for a moment, the four continents bordering the Pacific Ocean, whose countries are today the flagship of the world economy.