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Academician He Kebin, Keynote Speaker at 2026MIECF, Shares Pathway to Zero-waste City Construction Advancing Close Integration of “Dual Carbon” Goals with Zero-waste City Development
The 2026 Macao International Environmental Co-operation Forum & Exhibition (hereinafter referred to as the “2026MIECF”) has invited He Kebin, Professor of the School of Environment, and Dean of the Institute for Carbon Neutrality at Tsinghua University, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, to deliver a keynote speech titled “Dual Carbon Initiatives and Zero Waste City Development” on 26 March at opening ceremony. Against the backdrop of the “dual carbon” strategy, Academician He systematically reviewed the progress of China’s “Zero Waste Cities” initiative and provided practical references and policy recommendations to further enhance synergies between solid waste management and the “dual carbon” strategy.
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Employment survey for December 2025 – February 2026
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the unemployment rate of local residents (2.2%) for December 2025 - February 2026 stayed the same as in the previous period (November 2025 - January 2026), while the underemployment rate of local residents (2.1%) decreased by 0.1 percentage point.
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Package tours and hotel occupancy rate for February 2026
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the average occupancy rate of guest rooms of hotel establishments stood at 94.6% in February 2026, an uplift of 4.0 percentage points year-on-year. The rates for 5-star (96.5%), 4-star (93.7%) and 3-star hotels (90.9%) showed respective year-on-year growth of 2.8 percentage points, 8.6 percentage points and 3.6 percentage points.
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2026MIECF Green Public Day: Advocating for Low-carbon, Zero-waste Future
The 2026 Macao International Environmental Co-operation Forum & Exhibition (hereinafter referred to as the “2026MIECF”), themed “Low-carbon, Zero Waste Cities: Embarking on a Global Collaboration”, has designated tomorrow (28 March), the final day of the event, as the “Green Public Day”. Members of the public can enjoy free admission and participate in a series of environmental education activities while learning about the latest environmental information via the MIECF platform. The event is expected to promote green and low-carbon practices and zero-waste city development.
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Chinese nation promotion activities for youth of Patriotic Sentiment series
To strengthen the national consciousness of children and teenagers, enhance their cultural confidence, and deepen their understanding of the national spirit of the 56 ethnic groups of China in pursuit of peace, harmony and amity, the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) will launch two Chinese nation promotional activities for the youth in April as part of the Patriotic Sentiment series. The activities include the “2026 ‘Chinese Dream‧Ethnic Sentiment’ Children’s Creative Colouring Competition”, as well as the “Discovering the Northeast Ethnic Groups” touring exhibition and the “Cultural Exploration of 56 Ethnic Groups” thematic seminar for primary and secondary schools. Schools are welcome to participate in the activities.
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Citywide clean-up campaign to be launched on Saturday for a united effort to clean the community
The citywide clean-up campaign driven by the city beautification and cleaning working group is going to launch a series of activities. Representatives from multiple government departments, associations and organisations will jointly take part in community and beach clean-up activities, inspect “three no’s” buildings for their hygiene issues, strengthen inspections of construction sites and food processing plants, and give environmental hygiene education in the community through roving exhibitions, consulting street kiosks and themed talks. It is hoped that various sectors will make a concerted effort to raise concern about city beautification and cleaning and collectively create a cleaner and more pleasant living environment.
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Macao and Hengqin Join Hands to Prepare Competitors for the WorldSkills Shanghai 2026
On 23 March 2026, a welcome ceremony for the fifth round of national team training in the Hotel Reception category of the 48th WorldSkills Competition was held at the WorldSkills Macao, China Comprehensive Training Base, located at Angsana Zhuhai Hengqin.
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Record-breaking Number of MICE Events Further Empowers the Development of the High-tech and Big Health Industries
According to data from the Statistics and Census Service, Macao hosted a record-breaking 1,861 MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions) events in 2025. Nearly half of these events were centred on the “1+4” industries, with high technology and big health the most notable growth, increasing by 48% and 32%, respectively. The number of participants and visitors at these industry-themed events also rose significantly, by 149% and 89%, respectively. These unprecedented figures underscore the close alignment of the MICE industry with the development strategy for an appropriately diversified economy. Through collaborative efforts and pro-active industry expansion, the events have injected substantial momentum into the advancement of major industries such as high technology and big health.
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