Up to 6:00 p.m. on the first day (31 March) of the 2011 Macao International Environmental Co-operation Exhibition and Forum (2011 MIECF), the Organisers have arranged 243 business matching and negotiation sessions, which resulted in the signing of 14 co-operation projects.

Agreements signed involved co-operation in energy saving and emission control, logistics industries and environmental-friendly villas, green vehicles financing and agency services, sewage treatment and air-purifying products, among others.

Most of the protocols were signed by Macao and mainland China companies or institutions, while the other signing parties were mostly from Hong Kong, the Netherlands and Portugal.

Two forums are planned for tomorrow morning, namely “Urban Planning and Eco City Development” and “Low Carbon Urban Industries: Sustainable Tourism”, and Mr. Klaus Toepler, former Deputy Secretary-General and Former United Nations Undersecretary-General and Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme will deliver his keynote address from from 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

In the afternoon, “Green Buildings: Foundations of a Low Carbon Future”, “Clean Energy & Smart Grid” and “Green Chemical Forum” will be launched.

For related enquiries, please contact the MIECF Secretariat at tel. (853) 8798-8675, fax (853) 2872-7123, e-mail miecf@ipim.gov.mo or navigate the following official MIECF website: www.macaomief.com