On March 29, a delegation of the Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao, together with delegations from nine Portuguese-speaking Countries who came to Macao to attend the 18th Ordinary Meeting, including Angola, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe and Timor-Leste, visited the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin.

On March 28 the Celebratory Reception for the 20th Anniversary of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao) (“Forum Macao’s 20th Anniversary Celebratory Reception”) was held at the Complex of Commerce and Trade Co-operation Platform for China and Portuguese-speaking Countries.

On March 28 the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao) held its 18th Ordinary Meeting in Macao. The meeting was hosted by Secretary-General Ji Xianzheng and attended by representatives from the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China,

On March 27, under the presidency of Mr Ji Xianzheng, the Secretary-General of the Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao, the delegations of the participating countries of Forum Macao had a meeting with representatives of the China-Portuguese-speaking Countries Co-operation and Development Fund (CPD Fund) in Macao, adopting an online + offline hybrid mode.

Com finalidade de celebrar o 20.º aniversário do estabelecimento do Fórum para a Cooperação Económica e Comercial entre a China e os Países de Língua Portuguesa (Macau), o Secretariado Permanente do mesmo pretende realizar, no dia 28 de Março, pelas 17:00, a Recepção referida na epígrafe, no Complexo da Plataforma de Serviços para a Cooperação Comercial entre a China e os Países de Língua Portuguesa.

On March 23, the Secretary-General of the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao), Ji Xianzheng received a delegation headed by the President of the China Foreign Trade Centre, Chu Shijia.

On March 22, the Secretary-General of the Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao, Ji Xianzheng received a delegation headed by the Director General of the Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province, Zhang Jingsong.

On March 14, the Secretary-General of the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao), Ji Xianzheng, together with Deputy Secretary-Generals, Paulo Jorge do Espírito Santo and Casimiro de Jesus Pinto, paid a courtesy visit to the new Consul-General of Portugal in Macao and Hong Kong, Alexandre Leitão.

On March 13, the Secretary-General of the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao), Ji Xianzheng received a delegation headed by the chairman of the Macau Association of Banks, Ip Sio Kai.

A new Representative to the Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao from Portugal, Ms Márcia Cordeiro Guerreiro, took up office on March 15. Ms. Márcia Cordeiro Guerreiro replaced Ms. Maria João Bonifácio, who had completed her term in office.

On 10 March, a delegation of the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao), led by Secretary-General Ji Xianzheng, went to Hengqin and attended the opening ceremony of 2023 “Let’s Hang Out – Lusophone and Macao Products Bazaar”. They also visited local enterprises in the In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin.

From February 19 to 25, a delegation of the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao), led by Secretary-General Ji Xianzheng, visited Beijing and met with the ambassadors or representatives to China of Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Timor-Leste.