Member Economies
APEC currently has 21 members, including most countries with a coastline on the Pacific Ocean. However, the criterion for membership is that the member is a separate economy, rather than a state. As a result, APEC uses the term member economies rather than member countries to refer to its members. One result of this criterion is that membership of the forum includes Taiwan (officially the Republic of China, participating under the name "Chinese Taipei") alongside People's Republic of China (see Cross-Strait relations), as well as Hong Kong, which entered APEC as a British colony but it is now a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.
Member economy (name as used in APEC) | Date of accession |
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Australia | 1989 |
Brunei (Brunei Darussalam) | 1989 |
Canada | 1989 |
Chile | 1994 |
China (People's Republic of China) | 1991 |
Hong Kong (Hong Kong, China) | 1991 |
Indonesia | 1988 |
Japan | 1989 |
South Korea (Republic of Korea) | 1989 |
Mexico | 1993 |
Malaysia | 1989 |
New Zealand | 1989 |
Papua New Guinea | 1993 |
Peru | 1998 |
Philippines | 1989 |
Russia | 1998 |
Singapore | 1989 |
Republic of China (ROC) | 1991 |
Thailand | 1989 |
United States | 1989 |
Vietnam | 1998 |
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