The 11^th Pan-Pearl River Delta Regional Cooperation & Development Forum and Economic & Trade Fair (hereinafter referred to as the 11^th PPRD Forum) will be held in Guangzhou from August 25 to 26, 2016. It will be the first important event held by the governments of the nine provinces (autonomous region) in the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions covered by the Pan-Pearl River Delta regional cooperation after the Guiding Opinions of the State Council on Deepening the Pan-Pearl River Delta Regional Cooperation was unveiled. It will also be an innovative session of the PPRD Forum after the forum organization mode was reformed and innovated and Guangzhou was designated as the permanent host city for the forum. Then, the attendees will include leading officials of ministries and commissions of China, members of the government and business delegations of the nine provinces (autonomous region) in the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions mentioned above, representatives of the Liaison Offices of the Central People’s Government in Hong Kong and Macao S.A.R., representatives of regional cooperation organizations, representatives of industrial and commercial circles, representatives of Fortune 500 enterprises, representatives of famous domestic enterprises, big names from Hong Kong and Macao, well-known experts and scholars, representatives of the academies of social sciences in the nine provinces (autonomous region) in the Chinese mainland, related representatives from Hong Kong and Macao, and representatives of the pilot free trade zones in Shanghai, Tianjin, Fujian and Guangdong. The attendees will have a discussion about how to promote regional cooperation.

 

Source: Translated from Invest Guangzhou