The Presidential Office today said it had appointed a senior advisor to President William Lai (賴清德) as its envoy to this year's APEC summit in Peru, one of the few international forums both Taiwan and China take part in.
Lin Hsin-i (林信義), chairman of government-backed investment fund Taiwania Capital and also a former economy minister, is to represent Taiwan at the summit, the office said in a statement.
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Lin, 77, has led the delegation once before, in 2005 in South Korea, and attended APEC twice before that, it said.
He "is familiar with APEC operations and issues," it added.
Taiwan participates as "Chinese Taipei" at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum and does not send its president.
This year's leader's summit is to start on Nov. 15 in Lima.
At last year's summit in San Francisco, APEC envoy Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacuring Co founder Morris Chang (張忠謀) had informal interactions with US President Joe Biden and discussions with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, but none with Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平).
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