Ji Xianzhen (left), secretary-general of the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macau), delivers a speech during a Spring Festival lunch hosted by the nine-nation organisation for Macau’s English- and Portuguese-language media at Mandarin Oriental Macau Hotel in Nape yesterday. The lunch was also attended by diplomats from Portuguese-speaking countries. Ji praised Macau’s foreign-language media for their “essential role” in informing the world about Macau and Macau’s important role as a platform between China and Portuguese-speaking countries. Ji, a career diplomat who speaks Spanish and Portuguese with previous postings to Caracas, Madrid and Lisbon, took up his current post last month. Photo: Forum Macau Caption: Staff Reporter
