The 21st Macau International Trade and Investment Fair (MIF) announced yesterday that it will have a partner country and a partner city for the first time, which will be Portugal and Beijing respectively.
The annual event, once again themed “Co-operation – Key to Business Opportunities”, will be held from tomorrow until Saturday at the Venetian in Cotai. There will be around 1,600 exhibition booths and over 50 participating countries and regions, according to the organisers.
Addressing a press conference at the Macau Business Support Centre (MBSC), Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) Executive Director Irene Lau Kuan Va said the fair’s budget would be less than 34 million patacas, the same as in the previous year.
21st MIF Co-ordinator Irene Lau Kuan Va (centre) speaks during yesterday’s press conference at the Macau Busincess Support Centre (MBSC), flanked by Maria Joao Bonifacio (right), counsellour for economic and commercial affairs of the Consulate General of Portugal in Macau and Hong Kong, and Yang Hong, director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Division of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the People’s Municipal Government of Beijing. Photo: Annie Cheung
