In December 1997, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation's Business Advisory Council (ABAC) agreed to set up a Financial Crisis Task Force, chaired by Chinese Taipei delegate Jeffrey Koo (chairman and CEO of Taiwan's Chinatrust Commercial Bank), in which delegates from member countries would discuss how to make best use of the resources of the private sector to help governments weather the storm.
去年十一月間，亞太經合會（APEC）轄下的「企業諮詢委員會」（ABAC）通過成立一個「金融危機任務小組」，並推舉我國代表﹘﹘中國信託商業銀行董事長辜濂松擔任小組主席，負責召集各國企業代表來研討如何善用民間力量，幫助政府渡過難關。