Chinese President Xi Jinping Thursday acknowledged the progress made by Macau since its return to China in advancing the building of a service platform for China-Portuguese-speaking Countries (PSCs) commercial and trade cooperation.
According to Xinhua news agency Xi made the remarks while visiting the China-PSCs Commercial and Trade Service Platform Complex, which will be the regular meeting venue of the Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and PSCs (Macao).
He called the building of the service platform an “important measure” of giving full play to Macau’s strengths to meet the needs of the country.
Xi said he was pleased to see that the complex had been equipped with various facilities as planned and the idea of building the platform had become reality.
Xi had cordial exchanges with students from countries along the Belt and Road who are studying in Macau, encouraging them to leverage the valuable experience to learn more and become envoys of friendship between China and their own countries and the world.
Xi was accompanied by Macau Special Administrative Region Chief Executive Chui Sai On during the visit.
The president is in Macau for the celebrations of the 20th anniversary of Macao’s return to China.
