APBF begins in Bangkok

Policy-makers, business leaders and experts from Asia-Pacific countries began discussions Sunday in Bangkok at the Asia-Pacific Business Forum 2011(APBF) to identify trade and investment opportunities to help sustain the region's lead role in the global economic recovery.

"The business community in the region will have to continuously demonstrate innovative and productive approaches to convert post-crisis challenges to opportunities," UN Under-Secretary General and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Dr. Noeleen Heyzer, told the APBF. Over 400 government and business leaders are discussing how Asia-Pacific developing countries can benefit from the current economic environment to boost business investment.