The Chief Executive, Mr Chui Sai On, this afternoon arrived in Guangzhou, in order to attend tomorrow (25 August) the opening ceremony of the 11th Pan-Pearl River Delta Regional Cooperation and Development Forum and Economic and Trade Fair (“PPRD Forum”).

Mr Chui is tomorrow morning scheduled to attend a keynote event at the PPRD Forum. The Chief Executive will also witness the signing of an agreement on collaboration regarding the regional development of green events for the MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions) sector. The agreement focuses on the assistance and support Macao is offering to other members of the PPRD Forum.

Tomorrow afternoon, there will be three other PPRD Forum sessions focused on regional cooperation matters.

Officials accompanying Mr Chui to Guangzhou include: the Secretary for Economy and Finance, Mr Leong Vai Tac; the Chief-of-Office of the Chief Executive’s Office, Ms O Lam; the Director of the Government Information Bureau, Mr Chan Chi Ping; the Director of the Protocol, Public Relations and External Affairs Office, Mr Fung Sio Weng; and the President of the Administrative Committee of the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute, Mr Cheong Chou Weng.

The Chief Executive and some members of the delegation will return to Macao tomorrow afternoon.

The PPRD Forum was proposed in 2003 as a platform for regional cooperation between the nine provinces and two special administrative regions (SARs) – also known as the “9+2” – that are located in the Greater Pearl River Delta Region. They are: Fujian; Jiangxi; Hunan; Guangdong; Guangxi; Hainan; Sichuan; Guizhou; Yunnan; the Hong Kong SAR; and the Macao SAR.