CE meets with Shaanxi leader

The Chief Executive, Mr Edmund Ho Hau Wah, said today that Macao and Shaanxi might develop an all-around co-operation relationship. He said this when he met with the Secretary of the CPC Shaanxi Provincial Committee, Mr Zhao Leji in Xian, the capital city of Shaanxi province. During the meeting with Shaanxi leaders, Mr Ho said Macao has a small-scale economy while Shaanxi had rich resources and enormous industrial development, and that Macao and Shaanxi could become partners to complement one another. Mr Ho said Macao enterprises have continuously participated in the Investment and Trade Forum for Cooperation between East and West China for years, and they have started to do business and invest in Shaanxi. On the other hand, Shaanxi has constantly sent delegations to participate in the annual Macao International Trade and Investment Fair. Mr Ho invited Mr Zhao to come to the Fair, to be held in October. Also present at the meeting were the Secretary for the Economy and Finance, Mr Francis Tam Pak Yuen, and the Chief of Office of Chief Executive, Mr Ho Veng On. Mr Ho and the official Macao delegation were greeted by the Vice Governor of Shaanxi Province, Mr Wu Dengchang, upon arrival at the Xi'an Xianyang International Airport in the afternoon., The Chief Executive is to attend a memorial ceremony for Huangdi Xuanyuan at the Huangdi Xuanyuan Mausoleum tomorrow morning. In the afternoon, he is schedule to visit Shaanxi History Museum and Wild Goose Pagoda.