Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai will travel to Hainan Province today for a two-day working visit where he will attend tomorrow’s plenary session of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2026, according to a statement by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) yesterday.
The GCS statement noted that the four-day Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2026 is being held in Hainan between yesterday and Friday, with the theme “Shaping the Future Together: New Trends, New Opportunities and New Cooperation”.
The GCS statement also noted that amid global transformation, the forum will host discussions on injecting greater certainty into an uncertain world; investment in the future; the role of Global South nations in global economic governance; and Asia’s leadership in the global economic transition.
Other topics, the GCS statement noted, include the evolving global trade landscape amid tariff tensions; climate governance challenges and prospects; and safeguarding shared economic security.
The aim of the forum, the GCS statement noted, is to build consensus, strengthen confidence, and provide greater stability and positive momentum for a world currently facing unrest and uncertainty.
The GCS statement also noted that with the implementation of its 15th Five-Year Plan, the country has introduced new measures to expand its high-level opening-up, adding that the forum provides an important platform to better understand emerging opportunities for investment in China and to achieve mutual benefits.
The statement said that the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR), Bian Lixin, has joined Sam’s delegation as an adviser.
The statement also noted that Secretary for Administration and Justice Wong Sio Chak is acting chief executive during Sam’s two-day duty visit to Hainan Island.
This file photo shows Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai addressing a closed-door meeting with other officials at Government Headquarters last week concerning the local government’s upcoming drafting of Macau’s third Five-Year Plan. – Photo: GCS
