On March 2, Minister Wang Zhigang of the Ministry of Science and Technology
met with a delegation headed by Chief Executive Chui Sai On of the Macao Special
Administrative Region (Macao SAR). The two sides discussed topics including
strengthening science and technology exchanges and cooperation between the
mainland and Macao and promoting STI development in Macao. Minister Wang
Zhigang welcomed Chief Executive Chui Sai On for his first visit to the Ministry
of Science and Technology and highly appreciated the great importance which the
Macao SAR Government has attached to STI development and the measures to
strengthen S&T cooperation between the mainland and Macao over the years. He
pointed out that S&T development in Macao has its characteristics and
highlights and that Macao??s S&T forces are bound to play a unique role in
the overall S&T development in the country. In recent years, the Ministry of
Science and Technology has coordinated and collaborated with the Macao SAR
Government in steadily pushing forward various programs, which deepened the
fruitful STI cooperation between the mainland and Macao. Noting that this year
marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People?痵 Republic of China,
the 20th anniversary of Macao??s return to the motherland and the start of the
development of Guangdong-HK-Macao Greater Bay Area, Minister Wang Zhigang
remarked that it was a great pleasure to have the opportunity in such a special
period to discuss with Chief Executive how to build on the past work to develop
top-level design for S&T cooperation in the new era, give full play to the
unique internationalization advantages of Macao, support the Macao SAR
Government in pushing forward diversified and sustainable development through
STI, participate in the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater
Bay Area, and better integrate into the overall national development. Chief
Executive Chui Sai On thanked Minister Wang Zhigang for his warm reception and
continued support for Macao?痵 STI development. He stressed that the Macao SAR
Government and the Ministry of Science and Technology have long developed sound
cooperation at various levels and that the Ministry of Science and Technology
has given Macao strong support in policy, capital, technology, talent and other
aspects. He said that the release of the Outline Development Plan for the
Guangdong-HK-Macao Greater Bay Area and the implementation of the International
Science, Technology and Innovation Center of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater
Bay Area Project will bring new opportunities and raise new requirements for
Macao??s STI development. The two sides agreed that in order to better
cooperate in the construction of the Guangdong-HK-Macao Greater Bay Area and in
the moderate, diversified and sustainable development of Macao?痵 economy, the
Ministry of Science and Technology and the Macao SAR Government should
strengthen their top-level design for STI cooperation and further deepen the STI
exchanges and cooperation between the mainland and Macao. Accompanying in the
meeting were Director-General Xu Jing of the Department of Strategic Planning,
Director-General Zhang Xiaoyuan of the Department of Resource Allocation and
Management, Director-General Ye Yujiang of the Department of Basic Research,
Director-General Wu Yuanbin of the Department of Science and Technology for
Social Development, Director-General Bao Xianhua of the Department of Research
Commercialization and Regional Innovation, Deputy Director-General Gao Xiang of
the Department of Overseas Intellectual Resources Cooperation, and Deputy Head
Xu Jie of the Office of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Affairs of the Ministry of
Science and Technology, as well as Director General Lin Xin of the National
Office for Science and Technology Awards, Director General Chen Jiachang of
China Science and Technology Exchange Center, and Party Secretary Zhang Weixing
of the Torch High Technology Industry Development Center.
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