The launch ceremony of the Economic and Trade Co-operation and Human Resources Portal Between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries took place on April 1, 2015, at the Lotus Room on the 5th floor of the World Trade Center. The Portal is available at www.platformchinaplp.mo.

An exchange session between Portuguese-speaking Countries and Macao’s entrepreneurs took place on the morning of April 1, 2015. It was held at the Lotus Room on the 5th floor of Macao’s World Trade Center.

The 10th Ordinary Meeting of the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao) took place in Macao on March 31, 2015.

Briefing by the Coordinator of the Support Office to the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao), Ms Echo Chan, on “Macao’s role as a platform between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries” to members of tourism authorities of Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau and East Timor.

A delegation from the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao) on March 26 participated in the opening ceremony of the 2015 Macao International Environmental Co-operation Forum & Exhibition for Environment (MIECF), at the Venetian Macao-Resort-Hotel.

On March 25, 2015, the Coordinator of the Support Office to the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao), Ms Echo Chan Keng Hong, participated in the conference about “Macau, an international platform”.

On March 24, 2015, a delegation from the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao), also known as Forum Macao, paid a visit to the Cultural Affairs Bureau.

The Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao) visited the headquarters of public broadcaster TDM S.A on March 23.

On March 23, 2015, a delegation from the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao), also known as Forum Macao, paid a visit to Macao’s Tertiary Education Services Office.

Ms Echo Chan Keng Hong officially took office as the new Coordinator of the Support Office to the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao) at a swearing-in ceremony on March 18 headed by Secretary for Economy and Finance, Mr Leong Vai Tac.

Experienced public administrator Ms Echo Chan Keng Hong has been named the new Coordinator of the Support Office to the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao). Her appointment to the body, which is also known as Forum Macao, was effective from March 4.

In order to strengthen cooperation in the field of education between China, Macao and Portuguese-speaking Countries, the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao), supported the signing of a cooperation agreement between the Portuguese Institute of the Orient (IPOR) and the Hainan-Macao Economic and Cultural Association (Hainan-Macao Association).