China National Tourism Administration (CNTA) Chairman Li Jinzao met Macau SAR Chief Executive Chui Sai On in Macau on 2^nd June. During his visit, an agreement was signed between CNTA and the Macau SAR Government for the setting up of a joint working committee on tourism to support Macau's aspirations to build a World Centre of Tourism and Leisure.

The purpose of the agreement is to promote the transformation of Macau into a World Centre of Tourism and Leisure. The content of the agreement includes the establishment of a Joint Tourism Work Commission, codification of work regulations, uniting advertising and promotion, exchange and co-operation between the Mainland and Macau, industry management, policy studies and research, and regional co-operation, etc.

The signing of the agreement, was followed by a seminar, in the afternoon, when the leaders of the two sides, joined by experts and scholars, exchanged views on the topic of how to speedily boost the building up of Macau into a World Centre of Tourism and Leisure under the current circumstances.