The Chief Executive, Mr Edmund Ho Hau Wah, today attended the 1st West China International Cooperation Forum and 9th Western China International Economy and Trade Fair in Chengdu, Sichuan.

Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier, Mr Li Keqiang, gave a speech in the forum.

Mr Ho toured Macao’s pavilion at the fair before the opening ceremony, and posed for a group photo with Macao’s businesspeople who were taking part in the fair.

Later, Mr Ho officiated the opening ceremony of Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute’s liaison office in Chengdu. The ceremony was also attended by Deputy Director of Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in Macao, Ms Gao Yan; the Secretary for Economy and Finance, Mr Francis Tam Pak Yuen; Chairman of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Mr Wan Jifei; Vice Governor of Sichuan, Mr Wei Hong, and the President of Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute, Mr Lee Peng Hong.

Mr Ho returned to Macao in the afternoon.