History & foreign affairs

Macao's Past and Future: A platform for economic cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking countries

Harvard University
CGIS South
S020 (The Case Study Room)
Prescott St., Cambridge, MA

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Presented by:
Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) China Caucus, in collaboration with the Boston Portuguese Festival

This seminar will highlight Macao’s unique cross-cultural blend, from its rich 5-century history as a trading hub in major global routes and as a prime example of Chinese-Portuguese collaboration, to its promising reality as the epitome of the “one country, two systems” principle, and to a future of great potential as a platform for economic cooperation between China and the Portuguese-speaking countries around the world.

Program:

1) Macao in the Past - Macau, the 'Carreira da Índia' trade on silk, lacquer and porcelain
Dr Pedro Moura Carvalho
Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Aga Khan Program

2) Macao in the Future
2.1) Current Economic Development under The Principle "One Country, Two Systems";
2.2) Economic Co-operation between China and Portuguese-Speaking Countries;
2.3) Macao's Role as a Service Platform
Dr. LEE Peng Hong
President, Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute
Asia Programs Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School

(3) Video Show about Macao
(duration: 8 minutes)

Portuguese and Chinese food will be served after the seminar