Macao international forum stresses green and innovative infrastructure

U Myo Thant, Myanmar's union minister of the Ministry of Construction, said that the "Green Innovative Digital Connectivity" serves as the guiding principle and pivotal focus for the infrastructure development and investment in the nations.

"Myanmar has incorporated ecological protection, increasing renewable energy generation, increasing green investment, protecting biodiversity and improving waste management into its long-term strategy," he said, citing both implementations under "Green Innovation" for the transport sector and examples under green innovation in the urban planning and housing sector in Myanmar.

The availability of meaningful and affordable connectivity should be a top policy priority and a common agenda to address, he added. "If the digital divide is not fully addressed, long-term growth would be delayed and the existing gaps between and within countries would be widened."

In keynote speeches session, João Baptista Borges, minister of energy and water in Angola, noted that the forum brings together business people from Angola and China, in search of common paths for the social and economic development of our two countries and peoples, with a long tradition of friendship and cooperation.

It also has a broad significance in China-Angola relations, occurring at a very particular moment in the development of their ties, marked by the recent visit of the President of the Republic of Angola to China on March 15, which culminated in the signing of several bilateral agreements. Just under a year ago, the Republic of Angola celebrated the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations with China, he noted.