Deputy Secretary-General of the Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao Mr Ding Tian delivers speech 
Vice Rector of the University of Macau Mr Ge Wei delivers speech 
Group photograph 
Participants take part in seminar session
The closing and certificate award ceremony of the Seminar on Investment Cooperation for Participants from Portuguese-speaking Countries was held at the World Trade Center Macau’s Lotus Room on 25 October. The seminar was organised by the Training Centre of Forum Macao, and co-organised by the University of Macau.
Officiating guests at the closing ceremony included: Deputy Secretary-General of the Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao Mr Ding Tian; Deputy Director-General of the Economic Affairs Department of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Macao SAR, Ms Li Huaying; the Consul-General of Angola in the Macao SAR, Ms Sofia Pegado da Silva; the Consul-General of Mozambique in Macao, Mr Rafael Custódio Marques; the Vice Consul of Portugal in Macao and Hong Kong, Ms Maria Carolina Lousinha; Vice Rector of the University of Macau Mr Ge Wei; and the Representatives from the Portuguese-speaking Countries to the Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao.
Speeches were given at the closing ceremony by: Deputy Secretary-General Mr Ding; Vice Rector Mr Ge; and Mr André Filipe Freitas Esteves Brás dos Santos, the latter representing the seminar participants.
In his speech, Mr Ding said that investment cooperation was a very important area of economic and trade cooperation between China and the Portuguese-speaking Countries. Since its establishment, Forum Macao had been vigorously promoting investment cooperation between the two sides, to support collaboration on industrialisation, infrastructure development, and the socio-economic development of the Participating Countries in Forum Macao. He said this had led to win-win situations for both sides.
Mr Ding said he hoped China and the Portuguese-speaking Countries would continue to deepen cooperation in a number of areas by making use of Macao’s role as a cooperation platform. He also prompted participants in the training seminar to play an active role in boosting economic and trade cooperation between China and the Portuguese-speaking Countries, in order for all parties to achieve sound development.
The Seminar on Investment Cooperation for Participants from Portuguese-speaking Countries took place in Macao between 14 and 17 October. It was the fourth training seminar organised by the Training Centre of Forum Macao in 2019. A total of 30 participants – including officials and experts from areas related to investment promotion – took part in it. They came respectively from Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Timor-Leste.
The seminar included a series of talks and exchange visits related to finance, investment and economic matters. Participants also took part in a series of high-profile events in Macao held concurrently with the seminar, namely: the 24th Macao International Trade and Investment Fair; the 2019 Summit on Chinese Central SOEs Supporting Macao as Co-operation Platform between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries; the 2019 Portuguese-speaking Countries Products and Services Exhibition (Macao); and the 9th Industrial and Commercial Summit between Jiangsu-Macao-Portuguese Speaking Countries. Such events – and the training seminar – allowed participants to gain a better understanding of the close cooperation ties between Mainland China, Macao, and the Portuguese-speaking Countries.
