Guangdong-Macao Co-operation Joint Conference

The Chief Executive, Mr Edmund Ho Hau Wah and the Governor of Guangdong Province, Mr Huang Huahua, today officiated the opening of the Guangdong-Macao Co-operation Joint Conference at the Macao Government Headquarters. According to a joint statement, the two chief executives have placed high value in their various co-operation last year: they have achieved consensus on further mutual complementary co-operation. Mr Huang said trading, livelihood, large-scale infrastructure and port, Greater Pearl River Delta and pan Pearl River Delta, culture and education on science and technology: these were the five main issues Guangdong and Macao delegates should focus on in the next stage co-operation. Mr Ho said the Macao Government would take Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) as a valuable opportunity and fully promote co-operation between Guangdong and Macao in providing chances for development for the residents. Both sides agreed to implement their plans and to further perfect the co-operation mechanism. Moreover, Guangdong and Macao would actively participate in the deveopment of Henqgin economic-cooperative zone under the principle of the Central Government.