The Macau government has signed a cooperation framework agreement with China Media Group (CMG) in the areas of news, sports, entertainment, documentaries and cultural programmes.
The accord was signed at Macau Government Headquarters yesterday by Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Elsie Ao Ieong U and Xing Bo, director of the Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan Affairs Office of CMG, according to a statement by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS).
Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng, Shen Haixiong, vice-minister of the Publicity Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and president and chief editor of China Media Group, and Zhang Rongshun, deputy director of the Central People's Government Liaison Office in the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR), attended the signing ceremony.
After the signing ceremony, Ho, Shen and Zhang presided over a ceremony that marked the start of the filming of a 4K high-definition "Aerial China" documentary in Macau, the cooperation agreement's first project.
4K resolution refers to a horizontal display resolution of about 4,000 pixels.
CMG is the nation's main radio and television broadcaster . It was set up in 2018 as a national holding firm for China Central Television (CCTV), China National Radio (CNR), and China Radio International (CRI). The company also includes China Global Television Network (CGTN).
Aerial China is a documentary television series showcasing the country's landscape through aerial videos. It was launched in 2017.
Ho said in a speech during yesterday's launch ceremony that "Aerial China" would help promote Macau's global image as a "small but beautiful" city and the vitality of the "One Country, Two Systems" principle.
The chief executive also underlined President Xi Jinping's remarks during his inspection visit to Macau a year ago that since its establishment in 1999 the MSAR has, irrespective of its small size, shown that it is a "prosperous, vigorous, wholesome and beautiful" place.
Ho also underlined Macau's status as the country's third UNESCO City of Gastronomy, based on which China Media Group will produce a programme entitled "The Taste of Macau".
Macau is known for its wide culinary range comprising Chinese, Macanese, Portuguese, Thai, Japanese and other cuisines. Macanese cookery, which includes Portuguese, Chinese, Indian and Malay recipes, is said to be one of the world's oldest fusion cuisines.
Meanwhile, both sides also announced the launch of a string of sports events in Macau next year such as the second season of Top Speed China involving the world-famous Guia Circuit.
A number of senior local and mainland government officials attended yesterday's cooperation launch events such as Macau's first chief executive Edmund Ho Hau Wah in his capacity as vice-chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).
Chief Excutive Ho Iat Seng addresses yesterday's signing ceremony about the MSAR-CMG cooperation agreement, at Macau Government Headquarters. - Photo: GCS
