Jakarta, Dec. 11 -- The 2020 Chair of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Senior Officials, 2020 APEC host, sought broader opportunities for people and more inclusive growth across Asia-Pacific, noted the APEC Secretariat's written statement that ANTARA quoted here Wednesday.

At Langkawi, site of the APEC Informal Senior Officials' Meeting, senior officials deliberated on the forum's policy agenda for the incoming year, marked by strategies that lay equal emphasis on inclusion and growth.

"APEC 2020 will focus on redefining the role of trade and investment from one that is solely for wealth creation to one that is also able to deliver social and economic inclusivity," Hairil Yahri Yaacob, chair of APEC Senior Officials in 2020,...