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. With the presence of Ms Jin Guangze, the Director of CPD Fund Management Company participating online in Beijing, and the participation of the delegation led by Ms Li Na, the Managing Director of the Management Department of the CPD Fund. The two sides exchanged views on the current operation of the CPD Fund and its development prospects, with a view to further promoting greater investment attraction for the CPD Fund.

As part of the measures announced by the Central People’s Government in 2010 on the occasion of the 3rd Ministerial Conference of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation Between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao), the CPD Fund aims to promote financial, investment, economic and trade cooperation between enterprises in China (including the MSAR) and Portuguese-speaking Countries, and to encourage the MSAR to integrate into the overall national development. The CPD Fund was officially established in 2013, and the headquarters was inaugurated in Macao in 2017. It is continuously growing and has become an important investment and financing platform for the promotion of Sino-Portuguese economic and trade cooperation under the framework of Forum Macao. It has already invested in a number of projects in Brazil, Portugal, Angola and Mozambique that aim to boost the modernization of local agriculture and cooperation in manufacturing, infrastructure, new energy and the financial sector, among others.