Macau SAR Chief Executive Chui Sai On and Mayor of Jiangmen Pang Guomei officiated at the opening ceremony of the "Guangdong Macau Week - Jiangmen" and the Secretary of the CPC Jiangmen Municipal Committee Liu Hai has attended the dinner which was held on 13 April. Jointly hosted by the Macau Special Administrative Region Government and the People's Government of Guangdong Province and co-organized by the Macau Government Tourist Office, Jiangmen Municipal People's Government and Tourism Administration of Guangdong Province, the "Guangdong Macau Week - Jiangmen" is held from April 13 to 15. Macau SAR Chief Executive leads a delegation to participate in the event and the Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, Cheong U, delivered a speech at the opening ceremony. The National 12th Five-Year Plan and "Guangdong-Macau Cooperation Framework Agreement" generate valuable opportunities for regional cooperation while strengthening and expanding the tourism cooperation scope between Guangdong and Macau. The organization of "Guangdong Macau Week - Jiangmen" will further boost the cooperation between Jiangmen and Macau and the tourism cooperation protocol signed will bring the cooperation between the two cities to a higher level. "Guangdong Macau Week - Jiangmen" comprises a series of activities including tourism seminar, travel mart, tourism and cultural exhibition, cultural performance and outdoor promotional campaign. The tourism and cultural exhibition showcases Macau World Heritage with miniatures of the Ruins of St Paul's, A-Ma Temple and Guia Lighthouse, the Macau Grand Prix, a booth highlighting the Macau Tourism and Cultural Activities Center, Macau cuisine and booths of travel trade and tourism information counter. A team of more than 130 performers, including dragon and lion dance groups, Portuguese folk and Hip Hop dancers, carnival-style stilt walkers and Macau singers will perform at the event. Following the "Guangdong Macau Week – Jiangmen", a "Macau-Portugal Food Festival" will be staged in Jiangmen to promote 42 iconic delicacies of Macau from April 16 to May 16.
