Global leaders in infrastructure to gather for investment forum in … – Macau Business

Over 3,000 members ofthe political, business, and academic circles from more than 60 countries andregions will show up for an international forum on infrastructure investment inMacau early next month.

The 14th edition of theInternational Infrastructure Investment and Construction Forum scheduled totake place at The Venetian Macao from 1 June to 2 June aims to invigorate theglobal economic recovery with a focus on green and low-carbon developmenttrends.

Among the participantsare over 60 ministerial-level guests, enterprise representatives from 250 contractors,executives from international organisations and financial institutions, withthe number of registered attendees said to have doubled compared to theprevious year.

The forum consists of twomain themed forums, 10 parallel forums, and a number of special events, exploringtopics relevant to new energy, international cooperation, and smart railtransport.

In the meantime, anaccompanying exhibition will also take place, showcasing engineering machinery,energy equipment, and building materials.

Additionally, the eventis expected to feature the release of two reports on infrastructure developmentindexes for countries covered by the Belt and Road initiative and Portuguese-speakingcountries respectively.

The Ministry of Commercewill also organise the 9th China-LAC Infrastructure Cooperation Forum duringthe event to deepen cooperation between China and Latin America and promote infrastructureinterconnectivity between the two sides.

Since the InternationalInfrastructure Investment and Construction Forum was moved to Macau in 2012,the event has steadily gained momentum in terms of scale and internationalinfluence, the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute said.

As many as 19 projectagreements were signed at last years edition, with 210 business talks andeight parallel forums held.

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