Call for Asia-Pacific development lauded

President Xi Jinping's call for building an Asia-Pacific community with a shared future can help advance regional cooperation among member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, experts said.

"President Xi simply wanted to emphasize the intention of China wishing to see more expansion of sincere and tangible cooperation among APEC members," said Korn Dabbaransi, former Thai deputy prime minister and chairman of the Thai-Chinese Friendship Association.

Korn said the APEC region can be the model for better living standards for people in other parts of the world.