The Guangdong and Macao Federation of Industry and Commerce yesterday hosted a “Macau + Hengqin Commercial and Tax Policy Promotion Seminar” at the Macau Chamber of Commerce (ACM) headquarters in Zape, aiming to promote cooperation between Macau and Hengqin.
The one-day seminar attracted 130 corporate representatives.
Economic and Technological Development Bureau (DSEDT) Deputy Director Chan Chou Weng said in a speech that the development of the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin has achieved “initial results”. As of the end of last year, the number of enterprises involved in the zone’s “Four New”* industries reached 31,685, with an industrial value added of 31.991 billion yuan (about 36,089 billion patacas).
Chan also said that this has created a new platform for Macau’s industrial diversification, industrial chain extension and talent mobility. The Macau government will continue to improve policy support, promote institutional innovation, and enhance cross-border connectivity in both infrastructure and institutional mechanisms, he said.
The president of the Guangdong and Macao Federation of Industry and Commerce, lawmaker Si Ka Lun said that since its establishment, the zone has become a testing ground for institutional innovation, delivering tangible policy benefits. The zone has seen rapid clustering of the four new industries and achieved substantial progress in “soft connectivity”** and “hard connectivity” - infrastructure integration, regulatory alignment, and social cohesion between Hengqin and Macau, Si said.
He also said that today’s Hengqin serves as a strategic nexus linking domestic and global markets, offering enterprises a unique convergence of policy advantages and synergistic development opportunities.
SinoKru Electronic Tech Limited and Find Macau Technology Limited CEO Neildo Choi (蔡淵博) told reporters that his company has been established in Hengqin for about five years, with both office space and talent resources meeting its operational needs. This, he said, has helped his company gain valuable insights into the Greater Bay Area’s (GBA) policies and market trends.
According to a statement, the seminar involved representatives from the Commercial Services Bureau and Tax Bureau of the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin, as well as the Guangdong-Macao Industrial and Commercial Service Centre, who spoke about key tax policy insights and implementation guidelines, introduced business rule convergence mechanisms, and presented cross-border service solutions.
The statement also said that the seminar provided enterprises with precise guidance on leveraging tax policy benefits and facilitated two-way commercial integration between Macau and Hengqin. It also supported Macau residents in launching businesses and expanding markets in the zone, the statement concluded.
*The “Four New” industries are Big Health, Modern Finance, High-Tech and MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions/Events), aiming to diversify Macau’s economy beyond gaming. – DeepSeek
** Soft connectivity refers to a flexible, often non-physical or indirect form of connection between systems, networks, or entities. Unlike “hard connectivity” (which implies fixed, physical, or rigid links), soft connectivity emphasises adaptable, dynamic, or probabilistic relationships. - DeepSeek
Macau Chamber of Commerce (ACM) President Chui Sai Cheong (centre); Yuan Congshuai, an official of the Commercial Office of the Economic Affairs Department of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Macao Special Administrative Region (fourth from right); Economic and Technological Development Bureau (DSEDT) Deputy Director Chan Chou Weng (third from right), Guangdong and Macao Federation of Industry and Commerce President Si Ka Lun (right) and other representatives pose during yesterday’s seminar at the ACM headquarters in Zape. – Photo courtesy of Guangdong and Macao Federation of Industry and Commerce
