Representatives of the Macau Design Center (MDC) participated in “The China-Japan-Korea Industries Expo 2016” over the weekend at the Shandong-Taiwan Convention and Exhibition Center in Shandong Wei-fang, China. The representatives joined the “Cultural Creative Industry Exhibition Fair of China, Japan and Korea”, which is just one of the arms of the large trilateral expo.
Aiming to promote the establishment of a Free Trade Zone between the three countries as well as to generally enhance trilateral cooperation, the expo seeks to showcase comparative national advantages in certain economic areas by virtue of the respective countries’ locations, resources and policies.
According to expo organizers, the event serves as an incubator for facilitating commodity trade, two-way investments, and technological and cultural exchanges across the three countries. As such, the event involves procurement “matchmaking sessions”, one-to-one business meetings and the signing ceremonies of key cooperation projects.
The three-day event this year highlighted the sector areas of smart manufacturing, electronics, energy and ”new energy”, modern agriculture, food safety, healthcare and beauty, and cultural and creative industries. A total of around 2,000 booths were present, showcasing businesses and organizations from China, Japan and Korea.
The MDC informed in a statement that it selected creative products to showcase at the event as well as a variety of videos in animation design, video design and 3D mapping shows.
The purpose behind their participation according to the statement, is “to introduce the development of Macau design and the business of local design companies [to the three countries], so as to seek more opportunities [for cooperation].”
Also according to the statement, MDC has been cooperating with a number of different international organizations within the past year, including some in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, the Netherlands and Portuguese-speaking countries. DB
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