The ABEC Business Advisory is a private sector of the Asian-pacific economic cooperation.ABAC was established on the year 1995 and it aimed at advising the leaders and the officials of APEC on the issues that related to business interests. It also aims at creation of an environment that is favorable in the liberation and the facilitation of trade investments. The ABEC Business Advisory is a channel for the commercial and industrial sectors in the participation of APEC cooperation.

The APEC milestone was created on 1995 by ABAC.In 1993 APEC had recognized need of private sector input in their discussion on trading and investment liberalization, capacity building and facilitation. The APEC leaders established the EPEC Eminent persons group in between 1992 and 1995.Pacific business forum was established to identify the engagement of private sector in the APEC discussions.

How ABEC worked.

In assessing the regional business climate, to develop the input to APEC officials in the working group, ABEC meets four times in a year. Its recommendations are compiled inform of an annual report to the leaders of APEC prior to the annual summit in each year. The ABAC dialogue which is held annually takes the projects discussions and initiatives to elevate them to discussions that are direct with the leaders of APEC.The annual reports of ABAC provides a starting point for discussions of dialogue with the leaders of the group.ABAC GROUP members attend the APEC meeting on a regular basis to ensure interaction which is significant and substantive with the private sector.

ABAC members are appointed by the respective economic leader and it represents a wide range of business sectors. The 21 members determine the term of their appointees and provide staff and administration support.ABAC is supported by the ABAC international secretariat that is based at Manilla and the Philippines serve the economies. Funding is done through an annual date system that is structured in the reflection of the sizes of the economies.ABAC finished the closed sessions of its plenary within the framework of APEC economies leaders in Manilla.ABAC represented its report on FTAAP and they found out that small business criticize enterprises and make them complicated.

In the year 2016 the theme of ABAC is ‘’quality growth and human development’’ and it focuses on the following priorities;

Consolidation of progress towards the Asian-Pacific’s free trade area.

MSME facilitation in in its development through the access of global markets and the technologies that is new.

Promotion of economic growth, sustainability and diversification.

Rule of raw strengthening and social-economic sustainability.

ABAC comprise of 3 members of the private sector and it has a total of 63 members in the group. China’s ABAC members are appointed by the foreign affairs .Each economy in the government grants the ABAC meeting with courtesy that is high. In the ABAC meeting that were previously held, the leaders of the economies and/or the officials of the government are invited to attend the activities of ABAC.

In carrying out the working programs of ABAC effectively, it established the following work groups:

Working group on regional economic integration.

Work group on finance and economic

Work group on MSMES entrepreneurship. Work group on connectivity and sustainability development.