Academic Lecture | A Look-back on the 40-year Diplomatic Relations between China and Portugal – “Exploring the Commerce and Trade Cooperation Mode between Macao and Portugal in the New Era”

On April 3, an academic lecture, sponsored by CityU and the China Europe International Business Association, was held at Ho Yin Convention Centre of CityU. President Chen Gongwei of the China Europe International Business Association was invited to give a theme lecture titled "A Look-back on the 40-year Diplomatic Relations between China and Portugal - Exploring the Commerce and Trade Cooperation Mode between Macao and Portugal in the New Era" to the teachers and students of CityU. Guests attending the lecture included Vice Secretary-General Huang Weilin of the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries, member Zheng Anting of the Legislative Assembly of the Macao SAR, Miss He Cuixin of the Market Promotion Division of the Lusophone Markets Economic and Trade Promotion Department of the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute, Project Manager Gao Fei of Nam Kwong International Conference & Exhibition Co., Ltd., and Mr. Song Weijie of the China Europe International Business Association. This lecture attracted many teachers and students, who discussed and learned with the guest speaker.

At the lecture, President Chen Gongwei briefed the participants on the history of business cooperation between China and Portugal. He also shared contents on how Portugal explored the economic path after the economic crisis, including how to carry out cooperation in multiple fields, upgrade technology, transform old ideas into new ones and add new impetus to economy. President Chen Gongwei also shared with students the classic thoughts and ideas of Nobel Prize winners Robert Solow and Paul Romer, encouraged them to catch up and close the gap, and let them learn about innovation and how to create competitiveness.

Through this lecture, students learned more new knowledge, expanded their thinking, better understood the development of commerce and trade between Macao and Portugal, and will continuously improve themselves in future study and practice.