The 13th International Infrastructure Investment and Construction Forum (IIICF) themed “Co-building Infrastructure of High Standard, Sustainability and Benefit to People’s Livelihoods” is slated to be held from September 28- 29 at The Venetian Macao Cotai Expo, the Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) said in a statement yesterday.
The IIICF has been held in Macau for 10 consecutive years since 2012.
The statement noted that over 1,300 political, business and academic leading figures in the infrastructure field worldwide have been invited to the two-day event. This also includes vice-ministerial level officials, central government-owned enterprises’ representatives and the top 250 international contractors.
The forum, the statement underlined, will serve as a matching platform where participants from the mainland, countries along the “Belt and Road Initiative” route and Macau can have in-depth exchanges. It also aims to work with participants to enable “cooperation in [the] international infrastructure industry”, the statement said.
The statement pointed out that the theme will focus on post-pandemic international cooperation in infrastructure and development concepts that are of a “high standard, sustainable, and can improve people’s lives”. Moreover, 14 construction and financial sector associations in Macau and other relevant government departments will work with IPIM to organise the forum, the statement said.
According to the statement, the forum will be mainly held offline alongside online activities and livestreaming. There will be two keynote forums and eight parallel forums focusing on aspects such as building green and low-carbon infrastructure through cooperation and building a green industry chain.
Moreover, a parallel forum will focus on “strengthening China-PSCs [Portuguese-speaking countries] collaboration in infrastructure, supporting the recovery of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)”, which will have professionals from the mainland and Macau giving keynote speeches and engage participating enterprises and organisations to discuss how to cooperate in the future, the statement noted.
The Ministry of Commerce of China will also simultaneously hold “The 8th China-Latin America Infrastructure Cooperation Forum”, where representatives from the mainland and Latin American countries will emphasise promoting green cooperation between the two sides in fields such as transport and public health to deepen their partnership in infrastructure.
The statement added that IPIM will also hold online and offline events both before and after IIICF to promote Macau as an ideal MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, Exhibitions) destination to the mainland’s large-scale infrastructure and industry chain enterprises and attract MICE organisers to hold business events in the city, among others.
Further details can be found at http://www.iiicf.org/.
This image provided by the Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) yesterday shows a poster for the 13th International Infrastructure Investment and Construction Forum (IIICF).
