Central gov’t pledges ‘full support’ for SAR’s infrastructure development

Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng presides over a video conference in Beijing, last week

Vice Premier Han Zheng on Friday voiced full support for Macau accelerating its infrastructure construction and appropriately diversifying the economy.

Han, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and head of the Central Leading Group on Hong Kong and Macao Affairs, made the remarks at a video conference during which the Chief Executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR), Ho Iat Seng, reported on the SAR’s current economic situation and other related work.

The central government fully recognizes the efforts the chief executive and the SAR government have made, and is giving Macau its full support in containing Covid-19, easing difficulties for businesses, improving people’s livelihoods, and appropriately diversifying its economy, Han said.

Noting that it has been one year since the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin was officially put into operation, Han called on Macau to seize the important opportunity that the cooperation zone presents and inject new impetus into the SAR’s long-term economic development.

Guangdong and Macau should tap fully into their respective strengths, enhance their level of cooperation, and develop the cooperation zone into a new platform to boost Macau’s appropriate economic diversification and a new space to facilitate the lives and employment of Macau residents, Han said.  MDT/Xinhua