The APEC economic leaders 'meeting was concluded on 21 October. Regrettably, because Taiwan and this year's host, mainland China, were unable to agree on Taiwan's choice of representative, and because at a ministerial press conference prior to the leaders' meeting PRC foreign minister Tang Jiaxuan prevented ROC economic affairs minister Lin Hsin-yi from speaking, the ROC government decided to withdraw from the summit.
亞太經合會（APEC）非正式領袖會議在十月二十一日落幕，遺憾的是，由於台灣在與會代表人選上，與今年會議主辦國大陸遲遲無法達成共識、在先前的部長聯合記者會上，中共外交部長唐家璇又制止我經濟部長林信義發言，政府遂決定退出今年會議，並召回代表團以示抗議。