成立時間/1973年(當時為G5)
成員數量/7個成員國
總幹事(國籍)/無
由世界七大已開發國家組成的國際組織,目前成員為美國、加拿大、英國、法國、德國、義大利及日本。1997年曾因俄羅斯的加入成為G8,但又在2014年俄羅斯入侵克里米亞後凍結其席位,變回G7。最初成立目的是討論全球經濟危機該怎麼應對,但經濟功能漸漸被G20取代,G7的討論主軸開始包山包海,橫跨區域安全、經濟挑戰、氣候變遷等議題。
G7每年固定開兩場會議,一為外交部長們的外長峰會,一為國家領袖們的G7峰會。2021年G7公報首度提到台灣,強調台海安全的穩定性對於維持開放的印太海域至關重要。
Year of Establishment: 1973 (G5 at that time)
The G7 is an international organization formed by seven major developed countries. Its current members are: the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy and Japan. It became the G8 after Russia joined the organization in 1997. However, Russia’s membership was suspended in 2014 after it invaded Crimea, reducing the group to only seven members again. The initial objective of this group was to tackle the global economic crisis, but as its economic role was gradually replaced by the G20, its focus thus expanded and now covers a wide range of areas, like regional security, economic challenges, and climate change.
It convenes two meetings annually on a regular basis: foreign ministers’ meetings and G7 summits attended by each member’s head of government. The G7 joint communique issued in 2021 mentioned Taiwan for the first time and emphasized that maintaining stability across the Taiwan Strait is critical to an open Indo-Pacific region.