The 29th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting hosted by Thailand

It was closed on Saturday evening, November 19, with Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha having a discussion with

Chinese President Xi Jinping in the afternoon and US Vice President Kamala Harris in the evening.

It is considered a substantial profit for Thailand, in addition to discussing at the APEC Leaders' forum, and most importantly, there is no "Russian-Ukrainian War" to annoy, causing talks about the economy and the future purely.

The 29th APEC Leaders' Meeting has approved two outcome documents, namely the 2022 APEC Leaders Declaration and the Bangkok Goals on the BCG economy, which are considered great achievements for Thailand.

General Prayut

As Chairman of the Leaders of the APEC Economic Area announced after the meeting closed that

He and the leaders of APEC economies have endorsed the 2022 Declaration that has the concept of bio-economy-circular economy-green economy or BCG economic concept as the engine under the main theme.

has the following results .

1. Be open to building relationships

APEC has been working on a plan for many years.

to continue the discussion on

Asia-Pacific Free Trade Area (FTAAP) in the context of a post-COVID-19 world

to prepare for dealing with new trade and investment issues

2. Connect

APEC has restored safe and seamless cross-border travel.

to create readiness to deal with new crises in the future

3.To achieve balance, all APEC leaders jointly endorsed

to lay the foundation to systematically drive the economy in the Asia-Pacific region in a comprehensive, sustainable and environmentally friendly manner.

The point that I think is interesting for the 68 million Thai people who are stakeholders is that

President of the 29th APEC Economic Zone, General Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister of Thailand

will have the ability to “continue” the APEC Declaration on the BCG Economy

To develop Thailand for Thai people to have a good living.

and how to escape from the current poverty

Because this story is not new.

But it's about the Thai people and the government.

General Prayut

I have been talking for more than 5 years, but it hasn't gone anywhere.

I went to see

that Dr. Suwit Maesincee made during his time as

Minister of Higher Education

which is a challenge in the development of Thailand

and since the beginning of this year

General Prayut

has mentioned the word BCG often when used as

"Bangkok Goals" Bangkok Goals at the 29th APEC meeting, but have not yet seen.

General Prayut

Go into detail about what BCG Thailand will do.

For example, on the issue of "Agriculture and Food" in the BCG document 5 years ago, Thailand has an agricultural sector of more than 12 million people, but more than 90% of the country's arable land grows only 6 crops, namely rice, sugarcane, cassava, rubber, oil palm and corn. Stood in place, such as rice, prices of agricultural products fluctuated.

(Must insure the price every year) causing the deterioration of natural resources, completely counter to the "BCG Declaration of APEC Economic Area Leaders 2022". Tomorrow, let's continue talking about the BCG economy.

"The Wind Changes Direction"