Lima, Peru - Recent The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit is expected to offer valuable perspectives on trade, sustainability and regional cooperation and integration, thus increasing economic resilience, according to Luciano Paredes, executive director of the Summit. This year's APEC CEO Summit is scheduled to be held in Lima, Peru from Wednesday to Friday, bringing together over 1,000 C-level executives, or "chief" executives, thought leaders and government representatives to share insights into and exchange views on the region's most critical challenges under the theme, "People, Business, Prosperity". In an interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN) ahead of the summit, Luciano Paredes shared his expectations of the event, saying that the event serves as a platform for APEC leaders and business community to hear each other's voice. When it comes to the summit's theme, Luciano Paredes stressed the importance of economic integration and free trade, which will strengthen economic resilience amid challenges. Shotlist: Lima, Peru - Recent: 1. Various of APEC 2024 signs; Lima, Peru - Recent 2. Various of APEC Peru 2024 poster, building; 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Luciano Paredes, executive director, APEC CEO Summit (starting with shot 2/ending with shots 4-10): "We're actually honored to chair APEC for the third time.This is a very important year not only for Peru hosting APEC, but for the region through the platform of the APEC CEO Summit, and we are sure they will offer valuable perspectives on trade, sustainability, regional cooperation among other topics. By having APEC leaders take part in the program, the business community can hear firsthand what their priorities are and vice versa. And we can align our objectives and work better together, so that's the main spirit of the APEC CEO Summit and expectations for this year are are very high."; Lima, Peru - Recent 4. Various of APEC 2024 signs; FILE: Lima, Peru - Date Unknown 5. Government Palace; pedestrians; 6. Pedestrians; national flags of Peru; FILE: Lima, Peru - Aug 2, 2023 7. National flag of Peru; 8. Pedestrians; Lima, Peru - Recent 9. Pedestrians; 10. Traffic; Lima, Peru - Recent 11. Various of traffic; Lima, Peru - Recent 12. SOUNDBITE (English) Luciano Paredes, executive director, APEC CEO Summit (partially overlaid with shots 13-15/ending with shots 16-20): "The same people, business and prosperity underscores APEC's dedication to fostering their prosperity for individual and businesses across the region. One of the greatest challenges of our time is without any doubt to ensure that economic growth is also inclusive. And this is a debate that is taking place in all of our economies. And this means that everyone can benefit and now no one is left behind in this virtual circle of economic growth. APEC's proposal of fostering greater economic integration and free trade is essential for building resilient economies that can actually adapt to this very particular circumstances. Recently, the APEC Business Advisory Council have focused on advancing the free trade area of the Asia Pacific. We have, for example, made some humble progress in that front with agreements like CPTPP that are promising. But there's a lot of room for further action to strengthen connectivity and regional integration. Then we also have the more like logistical or structural challenges like inflation, supply chain disruptions and others."; [SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] FILE: China - Exact Location and Date Unknown 13. Various of production lines; facilities; FILE: Hanoi, Vietnam - Dec 30, 2021 14. Various of plastic production line; FILE: Racine, Wisconsin, USA - December 2019 15. Various of farming equipment production line; [SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] FILE: Taicang City, Jiangsu Province, east China - Date Unknown 16. Various of fast motion of containers, cranes at seaport; FILE: Shanghai, China - Date Unknown 17. Cargo ship sailing; FILE: Haikou City, Hainan Province, south China - Date Unknown 18. Aerial shots of cargo ships sailing; FILE: Xiamen City, Fujian Province, east China - Date Unknown 19. Aerial shot of cargo ships, containers, cranes at port; 20. Cargo ship sailing. [Restriction - No access Chinese mainland]