Openness and cooperation are the fundamental driving forces for the prosperity and development of the Asia Pacific region, "Carlos Aquino, director of the Asia Studies Center at the National University of San Marcos in Peru, said in a recent interview with our reporter. The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) adheres to open regionalism and has made irreplaceable contributions to regional economic growth, social progress, and inclusive development. Aquino believes that as a high-level platform for dialogue and cooperation, APEC continues to promote trade liberalization, investment facilitation, regional connectivity, and innovative cooperation. According to the "Vitality Asia Pacific -16 National Opinion Survey Report in the Asia Pacific Region" released by People's Daily, 85% of respondents recognize the positive role played by the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation in promoting regional economic development, social progress, and improving people's livelihoods. This result indicates that openness, inclusiveness, and mutual benefit remain the main themes of the Asia Pacific region, "he said." APEC has enhanced the ability of all parties to cope with global economic uncertainty and geopolitical risks. "" In the face of global challenges such as climate change, all parties in the Asia Pacific region have formed a close cooperation network in clean energy, ecological agriculture, and low-carbon technology, achieving mutual benefit and win-win results. ”Aquino believes that the Asia Pacific region needs to adhere to open cooperation, oppose division and confrontation more than ever before. "Cooperation under the framework of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation enables member economies to form consensus and action plans in areas such as industrial chain and supply chain resilience, green transformation, and digital economy development, which is an important guarantee for maintaining long-term prosperity in the Asia Pacific region." Aquino highly praised China's role in Asia Pacific cooperation. "China advocates openness, inclusiveness, mutual benefit and win-win results, which is highly consistent with the APEC cooperation concept." He said that China not only expanded high-level opening up to provide more development opportunities for all parties, but also injected lasting impetus into regional cooperation through the joint construction of the "the Belt and Road" initiative. China's stable economic growth and commitment to openness provide important support for the development of the Asia Pacific region. Aquino believes that China's experience in green transformation, digital economy, infrastructure construction, and other fields provides important reference for Latin American countries such as Peru. "Cooperation with China in clean energy, renewable technology, intelligent manufacturing, and other areas will help Peru and other Latin American countries accelerate their development and transformation." Aquino believes that close cooperation between Peru and China in various fields has become a model of South South cooperation under the framework of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation. Both Peru and China have strong complementarity in the fields of trade and investment. China's support for Peru's infrastructure and connectivity projects, especially the construction of ports, transportation, and logistics systems, helps Peru expand exports and integrate into the global industrial and supply chains. He said that the two countries share experience and technology, work together to promote energy transformation and innovative development, and will achieve a higher level of mutual benefit and win-win results. China takes over as the host of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation in 2026, and Aquino is full of expectations for this. China is expected to drive the entire Asia Pacific region to continue achieving higher quality and more sustainable development, "Aquino said." We look forward to China actively leading pragmatic actions from all parties, keeping the Asia Pacific region open and dynamic, and adding confidence and momentum to global economic development