Chief Executive (CE) Ho Iat Seng said on Friday that the government will increase investment in the education and sci-tech sectors, enhance the support mechanism for technological innovation, provide incentives for innovation, and promote result-orientated science and technology innovation.
Ho made the remarks during a seminar held at the conference hall of the Macau Science Centre discussing and highlighting the important messages contained in last week’s letter of reply from President Xi Jinping to local students and faculty members who took part in research for the “Macao Science Satellite-1” space-exploration twin satellites.
The “Macao Science Satellite 1” twin satellites were launched last Sunday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the north-western province of Gansu.
Ho also said that the local government would continue to promote various forms of study and exchange among different sectors in Macau, so that they can transform Xi ‘s “earnest hope” into reality for the local sci-tech and education sectors, for the latter to continue to work hard and make progress.
The director of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR), Zheng Xincong, said at Friday’s seminar he hoped that all sectors in Macau would bear in mind Xi’s will and, under the leadership of the chief executive, proactively and firmly reinforce three areas of work, namely by strengthening youth education to ensure that “patriots administer Macau”, strengthening technological innovation in Macau to help the country achieve a high standard of technological self-reliance and self-improvement; and nurturing more patriotic Macau talents.
Zheng said that Macau should encourage more talents to participate in the development of the Guangdong-Macau In-depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA), so as to actively integrate themselves into the nation’s overall development, while focusing on promoting the development of the government’s new development strategy known as “1+4” through science and technology innovation.
The government’s “1+4” strategy refers to the further development of Macau’s tourism and leisure industries but with additional focus on four emerging industries – big health, hi-tech, modern finance, and conventions and exhibitions including culture and sport.
Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng speaks at a seminar aimed at discussing and highlighting the important messages contained in President Xi Jinping’s letter of reply to MUST faculty and students about the “Macau Science Satellite 1”, at the conference hall of the Macau Science Centre in Nape on Friday afternoon.
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