FUZHOU: The 6th Pan-Pearl River Delta (PPRD) Cooperation Forum which was postponed due to the rain-triggered disasters has been re-start the preparatory work, and is scheduled to be held in Fuzhou from August 27th to 31th.

The organizers revealed on July 30 that the assembly has invited 20 ministries as including the State Development and Reform Commission. Attendees include representatives of the Central Government in Hong Kong and Macao as well as officials from the embassies of The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries, regional cooperation organizations from the Yangtze River Delta and Bohai Sea, celebrities and representatives from Taiwan-funded enterprises, and representatives from business circles.

The Sixth PPRD was scheduled for June 26 to 30 in Fuzhou, Fujian Province. However, as, geological disasters triggered by heavy rainfall since mid June continued to batter Fujian, and the PPRD regional like Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangxi, production and life of people were severely affected. Thus organizers agreed to put an extension to the opening date conference.

Themed "To Create the Future through Cooperation and Development", the Sixth PPRD assembly was co-sponsored by Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Hong Kong and Macao, with Fujian to undertake most of the events.

The conference highlights the key co-operations issues regulated by the twelfth five-year plan, looking at raise the overall level of the PPRD regional cooperation to further strengthen the modernization of the PPRD regional cooperation in building an integrated transport network, enhancing the PPRD and the economic and trade exchange across Taiwan Straits, and promoting the innovation of regional family planning management.

By Hu Meidong and Wei Tian