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Money talks M
acau’s biggest annual trade event, the Macau Internation- al Trade and Investment Fair
(MIF), takes place this month between October 21 and 24 with an offering that has been beefed-up for its 15th edition. The fair will
feature more than
1,400 booths in an exhibition area of about 30,000 square metres, making it the biggest yet held, with a budget of MOP26 million (US$3.25 million).
in a large-scale international economic and trade event held in Macau. Themed on “Fantastic Beijing: A Date with Macau”, the total area of the
Beijing in B
held at the trade fair.
exhibition booth is approximately 520 square metres. It is estimated that as many as 40 enterprises will participate in the exhibition. Beijing will be promoting the city’s image, its food industry, sci-tech products,
tourism and cultural and creative industries. A Beijing-Macau Economic Cooperation Promotion Conference will also be
Record numbers of sellers are due at this month’s Macau International Trade and Investment Fair
This year’s trade fair at the Venetian
Macao has the theme “Cooperation - Key to Business Opportunities” and aims to encourage regional cooperation between Macau, the mainland, Portuguese-speak- ing countries and members of the Asso- ciation of Southeast Asian Nations. About MOP4.3 billion in deals were
signed in 60 agreements struck at last year’s fair, says the organising commit- tee. While the numbers make for im-
pressive reading, there is no offi cial data on the fair’s value to the economy.
New attractions “On the basis of the further strength- ening of regional cooperation and the ties established with the Portuguese- speaking countries and other countries, we have injected new elements into the MIF,” said Secretary for the Economy and Finance Francis Tam Pak Yuen. “Besides giving prominence to the
eijing will send a delegation to attend the 15th Macao International Trade and Investment Fair. This is the fi rst time that the capital city has ever participated
MIF’s function of investment promo- tion, by attracting investments to in- frastructure-related projects in Macau, businesspeople from abroad are also encouraged to use the MIF platform to promote their development projects.” The event attracted 288 trade and
economic delegations from 61 coun- tries last year and more than 60,000 visitors. During the four-day fair, more than 5,000 participants attended 36 fo- rums, seminars and presentations on the event’s sidelines.
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