Chief Executive Mr Chui Sai On is scheduled to leave for Boao in Hainan Province, to attend the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2013 on 7 April.

Mr Chui will lead a government delegation to Boao on 6 to 8 Apri, to this year’s conference which is themed “Asia Seeking Development for All: Reconstructing, Responsibility and Cooperation”.

The President, Mr Xi Jinping, is scheduled to attend and deliver a keynote speech.

The Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China in the Macao Special Administrative Region, Mr Hu Zhengyue, was invited to join the delegation

The Chief-of-Cabinet of the Office of the Chief Executive, Mr Tam Chon Weng, the Secretary-General of the Executive Council, Ms O Lam, and the Director of the Government Information Bureau, Mr Chan Chi Ping, will also be members of the delegation.

The Secretary for Administration and Justice, Ms Florinda Chan, will be Acting Chief Executive while Mr Chui is away.