The “China-Portuguese Speaking Countries Cooperation and Development Fund Promotion Session” – the first publicity campaign of the China-Portuguese Speaking Countries Cooperation and Development Fund (referred to hereafter as “CPDFund”) since its settlement in Macao – was held on 12 October at Lotus Room, 5th Floor, World Trade Center Macau with an attendance of over 120 participants from government departments, industry and commerce associations and the public. This Promotion Session has helped to deepen the understanding among the industrial and commercial sectors in Macao and the public on the CPDFund, promoted bilateral cooperation in investment between China and Portuguese-speaking countries (PSCs), and further implemented the series of measures of the Central Government to support the development of Macao.
During the Session, representatives from the Macao headquarter of the CPDFund gave a detailed introduction on the targets of services, investment criteria, forms of investment, application procedures of, and information and documents required for application for the Fund to provide the participants with a more comprehensive understanding and picture of the CPDFund, contributing to the development of the commercial and trade cooperation service platform between China and PSCs. In addition, this Promotion Session even included specialised topic presentations on investment and development in PSCs for the first time, offering an overview of investment in energy and manufacturing industry, which are typical options among various investments in PSCs. Thanks to the advantage of the settlement of the CPDFund in Macao, fund management team experienced in investing in PSCs was allowed to explain the investment environment of PSCs for and share the latest development of the PSCs markets with the local industrial and commercial sectors. At the Q&A session, participants actively raised questions surrounding aspects such as forms of investment, application criteria and requirements on investment projects of the CPDFund.
Organised by the Macao Economic Services (DSE), the Session invited representatives from the CPDFund to give presentations. Major guests present at the Session include: Director of DSE Tai Kin Ip, Deputy Director-General of Economic Affairs Department of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Macao Special Administrative Region Chen Xing, Deputy Secretaries-General of the Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao Ding Tian, Rodrigo Brum and Echo Chan Keng Hong, Coordinators of Forum Macao’s Support Office Danilo Henriques and Teresa Mok, Acting Director of the Labour Affairs Bureau Chan Un Tong, Executive Member of Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute Glória Batalha Ung, Senior Specialist of China-Africa Development Fund Jin Guangze, General Manager of CPDFund Management Department Song Yunsong, along with representatives from the Financial Services Bureau and the Macao Monetary Authority.
