More than 500 media representatives will soon gather in Macao to cover events relating to the 5th Ministerial Conference of Forum Macao, to be held on 11 and 12 October. The Premier of the State Council, Li Keqiang, will deliver a keynote speech during the opening ceremony of the 5th Ministerial Conference of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao). The host body is known as Forum Macao. More than 500 media representatives from a total of 76 news organisations have registered with the authorities. Among them are 270 representatives from a total of 36 local news outlets; nearly 180 people representing 12 news agencies from the mainland; and about 70 media representatives from news organisations outside Macao, including some from the Portuguese-speaking countries. The theme of the 5th Ministerial Conference of Forum Macao is: Working Toward Stronger Sino-Portuguese-speaking Countries’ Trade and Economic Relations – Combining Efforts, Jointly Building a Platform, Sharing Fruits of Development. The Ministerial Conference aims to advance further Macao’s unique functions in connecting and boosting cooperation between China and the Portuguese-speaking countries. Forum Macao was established in Macao in October 2003. It was initiated by the Central Government and organised by the Macao Government, with participation from seven Portuguese-speaking countries: Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal and East Timor. The previous editions of the Ministerial Conference of Forum Macao took place in October 2003; September 2006; November 2010; and November 2013.
