The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is one of the hottest topics in the global arena and this issue focuses on the BRI through interviews, discussion, review and reports. Highlights include the interview with Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Mahathir, China-US technology competitive gap review, BRI project review, recap of the six years of the BRI, a look at Hong Kong’s legal framework advantages, overseas Chinese returning to Qingtian for business opportunities and in-depth look at the high-speed rail projects in ASEAN.
These articles offers unique insights into the subject and are provided by financial experts, senior journalists, and renowned lawyers from the Asia-Pacific region, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, the Philippines, and Hong Kong.

The Different Facets of Asia-Pacific Industrial Hotspots
The different industries are the foundation upon which an economy is built and impact all aspects of people's lives. APER taps into the wisdom and knowledge of industry experts and stakeholders from different fields to get their views on the industry and market from many countries including China, the United States, Australia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand and more.
We hope that gathering insights of economic situations from experts and commentators around the region will help readers keep up with the changing trends in the digital and regional economy so as to make more informed decisions.

At the later stage of the current pandemic, the trend of social-economic recovery, post-pandemic enterprises transformation, and future development will be the focus of  Asia-Pacific finanical, economic academia and business industry.

Finance is an integral part of society and these financial data are being used by the economist and the government as a barometer for national economy development. 
In this edition, we will focus on finance and the economy through original articles written by scholars, experts, and media from eight regions including the United States, Australia, Japan, Singapore, China, Malaysia, Thailand, and Hong Kong. 
Our experts in this edition have provided commentaries and opinions on the latest developments in the financial market, its dynamics, as well as reviews and fresh perspective on market and the financial developments globally. Readers will be able gain deeper understanding on this topic through our easy to digest yet comprehensive articles.
This edition expounds some basic theoretical knowledge and fundamentals of financial markets. Each content drawn upon the financial perspective from different cultural backgrounds, to provide readers a macro view of the current developments within the region. The current Asia-Pacific financial situation and finance dynamics are hot topics in reader’s wish list. 
These articles are the collective wisdom of our expert panel, offering their deep insight into key issues whilst offering their deep insight of the current development in the topics curated for this edition. Some of the key discussion topics include: 

1. Changes in the U.S. Capital Market 
2. Regional Economic and Trade Relations in RCEP 
3. Internationalization and Digitization of RMB 
4. Where is the HSR Heading? 
5. China’s Strong Brotherhood with Malaysia

In this issue of APER, we focused on key challenges in these thriving times and we hope that our readers will find valuable information through these articles which may serve as an introduction guide to explore topics of interest and to broaden your horizon.

Regional Integration Boosts the Development of the Asia-Pacific Economy
Regional economic integration has become a hot topic in academia and industry today, and it has attracted widespread attention from leaders of various countries in the Asia-Pacific region. Why is this? The reason is quite simple. It is able to connect the industrial chain and supply chain in the region and turn these into a value chain, so as to effectively revitalize the country’s stock resources.  This allows a country to tap into regional incremental resources, optimize resources, and resolve national employment issues promptly, expand and cultivate government tax resources and achieve the objective of overcoming national difficulties in good time.
There were two important events which took place in November of this year, these were the APEC meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and the ASEAN Summit in Hanoi, Vietnam, where the RCEP Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement were signed. 
These two major events fully demonstrated the necessity and importance of multilateral resource integration for regional economic integration. This integration will facilitate the breaking through of the economic bottleneck in the post-pandemic era, whilst giving play to the overall advantages of regional integration of resources, and aiding in the sustainable development of the Asia-Pacific economy.
In order to meet the development needs and the popular request of the readers, our magazine has opened a new section called the "Regional Economic Special Issue". There shall be special reports, comments, and Q&A included in this special section. 
In addition, there will be original articles written by financial journalists, special commentators, PhDs and professors from 6 different countries including Malaysia, Australia, Thailand and South Korea, with clear-cut vision, novel opinions and insights.

Business Environment: A Hot Topic of The New Economic Environment

The current business environment is the most talked about these days globally. What is a business environment? Why are these business environments important? How to improve the business environment? How does the financial sector respond to the pandemic situation? So many questions and very few definitive answers at this juncture.

The current environment has created a sense of uncertainties among the business communities, as well as to individuals of all walks of life around the world, it has become a global concern. To address these concerns, we have initiated a special forum, focusing on providing some answers and topics to be covered include” A Country’s Business Environment is A Measure of the Productivity”, “China’s Secrets in Accelerating Business Competitiveness”, “Malaysia: An Ideal Investment Destination in ASEAN”, “Indonesia: Islands of Opportunities”, “Exploring Opportunities of Financial Institutions in the Greater Bay Area Development Plan”, “Dr Lucio Tan----Asia Pacific’s Legendary Businessman”, “Intelligent Manufacturing Industry Usher Rapid Development Opportunities After the Epidemic” and “The Impact of Covid-19 Epidemic on China’s Capital Market and Related Policy Recommendation”. We hope that these topics may be able to share some insightful information with readers.

These in-depth articles are sourced first-hand from scholars, professors, business leaders and senior journalists from People’s Republic of China, Republic of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Hong Kong and Japan in the Asia-Pacific region.

APER is determined to invite many more scholars, economists, experts, business leaders and perhaps law makers of different faculties from all over Asia-Pacific to contribute and to quench the thirst of our growing readers.

Volume 06 - March 2023

Volume 5 - May/June 2022

Volume 4 - August/November 2021

Volume 3 - December 2020/February 2021

Volume 2 - March/June 2020

Volume 1 - December 2019

APER has been approved by the Malaysian Federal Ministry of Interior with the license number of PP19476/03/2019 (035057). Meanwhile, the Publication Bureau has also certificated the journal with the international issue number of ISSN 2682-7492. It is a quarterly journal, published in Kuala Lumper, the capital of Malaysia. 
APER brings together over a hundred of elites from all walks of life in more than 20 countries in the Asia-Pacific region, with the people holding Ph.D. who are researchers, and professors from different majors in finance and economics as the main academic body, including many of successful entrepreneurs from business field.  An independent, professional, and authoritative industry think tank, as well as an editorial board and a specialist advisory committee, has been formed to provide the Asia-Pacific region advice on financial and economic issues and to promote a sustainable development for the global economy. 

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