Shenzhen mayor to visit Macao

The Mayor of Shenzhen, Mr Xu Zhongheng, and an official delegation is scheduled to arrive in Macao tomorrow for a three-day visit, at the invitation of the Chief Executive, Mr Ho Hau Wah. Mr Ho will meet Mr Xu after his arrival in the morning: a meeting between Macao and Shenzhen officials will be held soon afterwards. At the meeting, the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute and the Macao Government Tourist Office are scheduled to sign an agreement and a Memorandum of Co-operation with the Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Trade and Industry and the Shenzhen Municipal Tourism Bureau respectively. Mr Ho and Mr Xu will be present at the signing ceremony of two protocols that would outline ways of co-operation in tourism and commerce between the two cities. On Tuesday, the Secretariat of China and Portuguese-Speaking Countries Economic Cooperation Forum and the Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Trade and Industry are scheduled to sign an agreement to promote relations and co-operation between Shenzhen and the Portuguese-Speaking Countries. Meeting with Macao entrepreneurs and visit to tourism facilities have also been scheduled for the visitors. The vice mayors of Shenzhen, Mr Zhuo Qinrui and Mr. Chen Yingchun, will accompany Mr Xu on the visit.