The Chief Executive, Mr Chui Sai On, met today with Guangdong Province leaders to exchange views on strengthening bilateral co-operations.
The Chief Executive met with the Secretary of the Guangdong CPC Provincial Committee, Mr Hu Chunhua, and the Governor of Guangdong Province, Mr Zhu Xiaodan, in Beijing where he will attend tomorrow's opening of the Second Plenary Session of the Twelfth National People's Congress.
Mr Chui firstly thanked the leaders for the Guangdong Government's great support for the new campus of the University of Macao located in Hengqin, and updated them on the co-operation projects of Macao and Guangdong, such as the Hengqin Industrial Park and Nansha projects, which are progressing smoothly. He also told them that he was satisfied with the progress of business solicitation in the Hengqin Industrial Park, which allowed Macao's small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to invest in the Park to further promote the diversification of Macao's economy. On the Nansha project, Guangdong and Macao could strengthen co-operation on opening up the individual travel scheme for yachts, and the building of a cruise terminal, he said. Also present in today's meeting were the Secretary for Economic and Finance, Mr Tam Pak Yuen; the Chief-of-Cabinet of the Office of the Chief Executive, Mr Alexis Tam Chon Weng; the Secretary-General of the Executive Council, Ms Wallis O Lam; the Director of the Government Information Bureau, Mr Victor Chan Chi Ping; the Director of the Protocol, Public Relations and External Affairs Office, Mr Daniel Fung Sio Weng; and the Advisor of the Office of the Chief Executive, Mr Kou Chin Hung.
Before his departure for Beijing, Mr Chui told reporters at the airport that he would discuss landing rights for Teledifusão de Macao S.A.R.L. (TDM) in the Mainland when he meet with the Director of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, Mr Liu Qibao.