APEC Small and Medium Enterprises Ministerial Meeting
Date: 4 September 2026
Location: Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
The APEC Small and Medium Enterprises Ministerial Meeting (SMEMM) brings together ministers to strengthen cooperation on growing small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across the Asia-Pacific.Meeting in Guangzhou, ministers will examine how economies can build environments that help SMEs innovate and compete more effectively within global supply chains. Discussions will also turn to how SMEs can adopt digital tools more widely and gain more equal access to markets and financing.
The meeting builds on more than three decades of APEC cooperation on SME development across the Asia-Pacific.
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