The Secretary-General of the Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao, Ms Xu Yingzhen, met on 26 September the Minister of Health and Social Security of Cabo Verde, Mr Arlindo do Rosário. The meeting took place in the headquarters of the Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao.

A delegation from the Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao led by Secretary-General Ms Xu Yingzhen took part, on September 25, in the 2019 Traditional Medicine International Cooperation Forum (Macao, China).

The 11th Cultural Week of China and Portuguese-speaking Countries will be held from October 12 to 18. It is organised by the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao). The event will feature: music and dance performances; visual arts exhibitions; a showcase of theatre; a handicraft fair; and a food festival.

A delegation of the Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao – led by Deputy Secretary-General Mr Ding Tian – visited the Lianyungang municipality in Jiangsu Province in Mainland China, from September 19 to 21. Lianyungang is a popular tourism destination on the East China Sea coast.

A delegation of the Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao – led by Deputy Secretary-General Mr Ding Tian – visited the Huai’an municipality in Jiangsu Province from September 17 to 19. Several activities were held during the visit, namely to promote: production-capacity cooperation; cooperation between provinces and municipalities respectively from China and from the Portuguese-speaking Countries; and to boost Macao’s role as a cooperation platform.

The Support Office of the Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao hosted on September 11 an exchange session between its Coordinator, Ms Teresa Mok, and local students. The event took place at Escola Secundária Luso-Chinesa de Luís Gonzaga Gomes. The school’s Director, Dr Leong Iao Cheng, also took part in the activity. It was attended by more than 50 students enrolled on the Portuguese studies programme.

A delegation of the Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao, led by Secretary-General Ms Xu Yingzhen, travelled to Xiamen from September 6 to 9 to attend the 4th Green Ecological Construction Forum at the 2019 China International Fair for Investment and Trade (2019 CIFIT), and to hold a seminar on investment cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries.

Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Mr Gao Yunlong, visited on the morning of September 10 the facilities of the Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao. He was accompanied by Deputy Director-General of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Macao SAR, Mr Yao Jian.

On September 5, a delegation from Shenzhen’s Greater Bay Area Promotion Bureau, led by its Director Mr Zhiwen Cao, paid a visit to the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao). The delegation had a meeting with the Deputy Secretary-General of the Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao, Mr Casimiro de Jesus Pinto.

The Chairperson of the Committee for Constitutional Affairs and Justice of Timor-Leste’s National Parliament, Ms Carmelita Caetano Moniz, visited on September 2 the facilities of the Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao. She was accompanied by the Ambassador to China of Timor-Leste, Mr Bendito dos Santos Freitas.

The Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao, in cooperation with Macao Polytechnic Institute (MPI), organised a Summer Training Course for students from Portuguese-speaking Countries. It was aimed at promoting the implementation of measures announced during the 5th Ministerial Conference of Forum Macao, namely in relation to setting up continuing education programmes for people from Portuguese-speaking Countries

A delegation of the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao) visited Mozambique from July 12 to 14. There the delegation met with: the Director for Asia and Oceania at Mozambique’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Mr António Inácio Júnior