Chief Executive Chui Sai On attended the opening ceremony of the 11^th Pan-Pearl River Delta Regional Co-operation and Development Forum and Economic and Trade Fair (PPRD Forum) in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, on 25^th August. The ceremony was also attended by the member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Secretary of Guangdong CPC Provincial Committee, Hu Chunhua; the Deputy Secretary of Guangdong CPC Provincial Committee and Governor of Guangdong Province, Zhu Xiaodan; the Deputy Secretary of Fujian CPC Provincial Committee and Governor of Fujian, Yu Weiguo; the Vice Chairman of the National Development and Reform Committee, He Lifeng, and representatives of ministries and departments of the Central Government.

In addition, Chui witnessed the signing of an agreement with provinces and regions of the Pan-Pearl River Delta to further collaboration regarding the regional development of green events for the MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions) sector. Another agreement was signed between Macao's Nam Kwong (group) Company Limited and the local government of the Cangshan district of Fujian Province focusing on the 'Internet+' strategy and the development of cultural and creative industries.

The eleventh PPRD Forum is one of the important joint events of the nine Pan-Pearl River Delta provinces and two Special Admnistrative regions ('9+2'), which is based on the 'Guiding Opinions of the State Council on Deepening Pan-PRD Regional Co-operation'. In addition to the main Forum, three more professional forums were hosted at the same time; namely, the Pan-Pearl Free Trade Zone (Guangdong, Fujian) Forum; the Pan-Pearl Regional Cooperation Forum for the establishment of a planned logistics hub in coastal areas of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao (known as the 'Dawan area'); and the Pan-Pearl Co-operation Forum.