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| The 17th Macao International Trade and Investment Fair The 17th Macao International Trade and Investment Fair (MIF) will be held from 18th to 21st October 2012 (Thursday to Sunday) at the Venetian-Macao-Resort-Hotel. Being an annual economic and trade event in Macao, MIF is a comprehensive international trade and investment fair comprised of exhibitions, high level forums, professional conventions, and business matching for sourcing and purchasing activities. The MIF this year has invited the WorldAssociation of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) to be the special supporting organisation, which further recognised the role of MIF as a platform for investment promotion and co-operation. This year's MIF has adopted the same theme of "Co-operation –Key to Business Opportunities" as in previous year, with an aim of giving full play to Macao's unique geographical advantage of being a service platform for economic and trade co-operation as well as the role of a bridge with a mix of eastern and western cultures over a long period of time. Combined with the quality facilities in convention, exhibition and tourism, and the incentive measures offered by theMacao Government, through the provision of different types of quality professional services for conventions, exhibitions and festivals, MIF provides a networking opportunity for trade visitors from China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, Portuguese-speaking countries and other parts of the world to exchange ideas in many areas, ranging from economy and trade, to investment, services, technology, tourism, convention and exhibition, and culture. While the economies of Europe and USA are procrastinating, the economic development in Mainland China has been relatively stable. The economic sphere focusing on Guangdong, Hong Kongand Macao is still one of the most active regions in the Greater China market. With the construction and completion of major transportation infrastructures such as the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, Guangdong-Zhuhai-Macao Railway, Guangzhou-Zhuhai Intercity Railway and the coastal highways in western Guangxi Province, the economic and trade connections of Macao with Mainland China and the overseas will be greatly facilitated. The specific policies and regulations for Hengqin New Area are being announced respectively. The major projects are progressing smoothlyand creating greater investment opportunities, which have widened the scope of developmentfor Macao. The signing of Supplement IX to the Mainland and Macao Closer EconomicPartnership Arrangement (CEPA) has expanded market access to an accumulation of 48 service sectors to Macao, giving a total of 318 liberalization measures. This has not only provided unprecedented business opportunities for the business sectors of Macao to explore the market of Mainland China, it has also further promoted liberalization of tradein services, which serves as an important impetus in promoting the economic development and co-operation between the two. Thus, more and more international trade visitors have taken Macao as their destination for convention and exhibition, tourism, economic and trade investment as well as cultural and leisure activities. In turn, the convention and exhibition industry has progressed to a new stage of development. The convention and exhibition industry of Macao has been gaining increasing recognition around the world. These new changes have brought several new highlights to the MIF this year. write your comments about the article :: © 2012 Exhibition News :: home page |