亚太经济合作组织(APEC)第二十九次领导人非正式会议于11月18日至19日在泰国曼谷举行，主题是“开放、连通、平衡”。过去几十年来，亚太地区各国携手扩大合作，促进区域一体化，目前已经启动了区域全面经济伙伴关系协定，并正在努力实现亚太自由贸易区的目标。中国自31年前加入APEC以来，一直坚定地致力于自由贸易和多边主义。面对地缘政治，亚太地区将如何合作？中国将扮演什么样的重要角色？CGTN主持人田薇独家专访亚太经合组织秘书处执行主任丽贝卡·斯塔·玛丽亚，她表示《区域全面经济伙伴关系协定》和《全面与进步跨太平洋伙伴关系协定》是相互补充的关系，这种优势互补有利于各国长远发展并从务实的合作中获益。Thailand starts the ball rolling on the two-day APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting on November 18, with the theme, "Open, Connect, Balance." Over the past decades, Asia-Pacific countries have banded together through cooperation and regional integration. They have launched the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, or RCEP, and they are working towards the goal of an Asia-Pacific Free Trade Area. China, since joining APEC 31 years ago, has been firmly committed to free trade and multilateralism. CGTN's Tian Wei spoke to Rebecca Sta Maria, the executive director of the APEC Secretariat. She said regional initiatives like RCEP and the CPTPP do complement each other, without competition, and that members benefit from the agreements.推荐阅读：先声夺人｜繁荣稳定的亚太地区将引领全球发展