Members to promote free trade at APEC forum

By Bao Chang | China Daily | Updated: 2012-09-07 08:05

Two volunteers walk outside of the media center for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Vladivostok on Wednesday. Leaders from Asia-Pacific economies gather in Russia's far east this weekend for talks aimed at promoting trade within the region. Laurent Fievet / Agence France-Presse

President Hu Jintao arrived in Russia's Far Eastern city of Vladivostok on Thursday for the annual economic leaders' meeting of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation slated for Saturday and Sunday.