On Jan 31, there was a collaboration between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand and the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand (FCCT) to co-host a panel discussion on the topic of "Driving Post-Covid Economic Recovery as Apec Host in 2022". The lively discussion was deftly directed by Panu Wongcha-um, who was behind the scenes during Thailand's last hosting of Apec in 2003.