Macau, Guangdong to bolster bilateral ties

Macau and Guangdong will continue to seek to advance bilateral ties, and to bolster high-quality development in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and the Guangdong-Macao Intensive Cooperation Zone in Hengqin.

The remarks were made Friday during a meeting in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, between the Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng, the Secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Huang Kunming, and the Governor of Guangdong Province, Wang Weizhong.

Ho on Friday led an SAR government delegation to Guangzhou.

In the meeting, the Chief Executive called for a closer partnership between Macau and Guangdong, in a bid to promote the joint development of the Cooperation Zone in Hengqin. There should also be close cooperation between Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macau, “in order to push forward the development of the Greater Bay Area as part of the country’s overall development,” he said.

Speaking during the meeting, Secretary Huang said that, under the leadership of the Central Government, Guangdong and Macau had, in recent years, achieved closer ties and improved cooperation, particularly in relation to epidemic prevention and control, infrastructure construction, science and technology, economy and trade, social affairs, and issues concerning people’s livelihood. Huang noted that the development of the Cooperation Zone in Hengqin had made a “strong start, achieving good momentum.” Staff Reporter