Xia Baolong, the director of the State Council’s Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office (HKMAO), will visit Macau from today through Friday, the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) announced in a statement yesterday.
On behalf of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR), the statement said, Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng extends his warmest welcome and expresses his gratitude to Xia for his four-day fact-finding visit.
The statement said that the MSAR government will make proper arrangements for Xia’s visit. The MSAR government wishes Xia’s inspection visit every success, the statement said.
Yesterday’s GCS statement did not reveal any details about the activities, events and meetings to be attended by Xia during his stay in Macau.
The GCS statement noted that Xia was a vice-chairman of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), which ran from March 2018 to March 2023.
Xia’s four-day Macau visit comes after he visited Hong Kong for six days on April 13-18.
State Council Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office (HKMAO) Director Xia Baolong (front, right) shakes hands with a student while visiting the University of Hong Kong (HKU) on April 18, the last day of his six-day visit to Hong Kong. – Photo: Hong Kong’s Information Services Department (ISD)
