The Government is preparing warmly to welcome member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Premier of the State Council, Li Keqiang, who will inspect Macao from 10 to 12 October. During his three-day visit, Premier Li will on 11 October attend the opening ceremony of the 5th Ministerial Conference of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao); a body also known as Forum Macao. The visit of Premier Li shows the Central Government’s great support and significant encouragement for the Government to push forward economic development in Macao. The 5th Ministerial Conference of Forum Macao will be held in Macao from 11 to 12 October inclusive. The theme will be: Working Toward Stronger Sino-Portuguese-speaking Countries’ Trade and Economic Relations – Combining Efforts, Jointly Building a Platform, Sharing Fruits of Development. The Prime Minister of the Republic of Cape Verde, Mr José Ulisses Correia e Silva; the Prime Minister of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Mr Baciro Djá; the Prime Minister of the Republic of Mozambique, Mr Carlos Agostinho do Rosário; the Prime Minister of the Portuguese Republic, Mr António Costa; the Minister of Economy of the Republic of Angola, Mr Abrahão Gourgel; the Minister of Industry, Trade and Services of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Mr Marcos Pereira; and the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, Mr Estanislau Aleixo da Silva, will lead their respective government delegations to join events of the 5th Ministerial Conference of Forum Macao. The opening ceremony of the 5th Ministerial Conference of Forum Macao will be held in the morning on 11 October, and will be officiated by the Minister of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China, Mr Gao Hucheng. The Meeting of the 5th Ministerial Conference will be held in the afternoon on 11 October. It will focus on the development vision and direction for cooperation among the participants, in relation to the period 2017 to 2019. Delegates representing the participating countries will sign several memorandums of cooperation. Meetings between entrepreneurs from China and those from Portuguese-speaking countries will be held in the morning on 12 October. The Government hopes the holding of the 5th Ministerial Conference of Forum Macao will be a further step in reinforcing and strengthening Macao’s bridging functions as a commercial and trade cooperation service platform between China and the Portuguese-speaking countries (known as the “Platform” policy). Since its founding in Macao in October 2003, the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao) has recorded satisfying achievements; in particular advancing Macao’s roles in connecting and boosting cooperation between China and the Portuguese-speaking countries. On top of the solid foundation laid over those 13 years, the Government would further the effort to promote Macao’s Platform policy and respectively: the city’s strategic position as a business and trade service centre for small- and medium-sized enterprises in Portuguese-speaking countries; Macao’s role as a goods distribution centre; and the city’s role as a convention and exhibition centre for economic and trade cooperation between China and Portugal. These roles are known collectively as the “Three Centres”.
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