This photo taken on Sept 28, 2022, shows participants listening to a keynote speech during the opening ceremony of the 13th International Infrastructure Investment and Construction Forum (IIICF), in Macao SAR, China. (PHOTO COURTESY OF CHINA INTERNATIONAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION)
The 14th International Infrastructure Investment and Construction Forum (IIICF), running June 1 to June 2, cites a theme of “Green Leadership, Digital Intelligence, Financial Empowerment, Win-Win Cooperation”.
Held at the Venetian Macao Cotai Expo in Macao, the event serves as a platform for the global infrastructure industry to explore opportunities for cooperation on sustainable development. It is coorganized by the China International Contractors Association and the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute.
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This year’s IIICF is expected to draw over 3,000 guests, more than doubling the figure of participants from those of 2022, including ministerial-level officials, senior executives of financial institutions, international contractors, business associations and supply chain enterprises. It has also attracted many leading players in the industry and the industry chain to participate in the exhibition.
A series of 10 parallel forums will be presented on June 2, including the ones named “International Cooperation on New Energy”, “Innovative Solutions for Rail Transit Systems in the Digital and Intelligent Era”, “Green & Low-carbon Water Business and International Cooperation”, etc.
At the opening ceremony on the first day, Chief Executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region Ho Iat Seng is expected to give the welcome speech. Keynote speeches will be delivered by Guo Tingting, vice-minister of commerce, Mongolian Deputy Prime Minister Sainbuyan Amarsaikhan, Ding Yanzhang, chairman of the Power Construction Corporation of China, Mike Elton Mposha, Minister of Water Development and Sanitation, Zambia, Dai Hegen, chairman of the board of the China National Chemical Engineering Group Co, Ltd, and Lou Qiliang, president of the CRRC Corporation Limited. Fang Qiuchen, chairman of the China International Contractors Association, will be moderator of the opening ceremony.
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At this year’s forum two reports will be released: the Report on the Belt and Road Infrastructure Development Index (2023) and the first ever Report on Portuguese-speaking Countries’ Infrastructure Development Index and Macao’s Achievements in Belt and Road Initiative (2023). They aim to more accurately reflect the new international trends of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and highlight the role of the Macao SAR as a platform connecting China and Portuguese-speaking countries.
Fang, the chairman of China International Contractors Association and Wang Wen, chief economist of China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation are the officiating guests of the launching ceremony of the reports.
Later a keynote forum titled “Dialogue with Senior Management-Green Orientation, Financial Innovation Empowers Sustainable Development of International Infrastructure” will be held.
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The two-day 9th China-LAC Infrastructure Forum will kick off in the afternoon, followed by another keynote forum named “Technological Innovation, Digital & Smart Transformation Promotes Green Development of International Infrastructure”.
A series of 10 parallel forums will be presented on June 2, including the ones named “International Cooperation on New Energy”, “Innovative Solutions for Rail Transit Systems in the Digital and Intelligent Era”, “Green & Low-carbon Water Business and International Cooperation”, etc.
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