(Lunar March eighth day), April 16, 1948, the establishment of European Economic Cooperation (APEC).

1948 European Economic Cooperation Organization to establish.
after the Second World War, the European economy is seriously weakened, there is an urgent need to unite the Marshall Plan, to stabilize the European economy. Britain, France and other 18 countries according to the April 16, 1948 by the European Economic Cooperation Convention established the European Economic Cooperation Organization. With the Council of Ministers, the organization consists of the Executive Committee. The main purpose of the implementation of the U.S. financial assistance to ensure that Member States play the economic power of the Member States, to promote economic cooperation in Europe, and to contribute to the European Renaissance. September 30, 1961, the reorganization of the European Organization for the Economic Cooperation Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). (L $ dj��.����T)