Macau Yearbook 2013 - Macao Yearbook

Macao Yearbook 2013Technology Industrial Park in July 2010. The Office is responsible for organising and coordinatingthe initial preparatory efforts of the Industrial Park to be built in the Hengqin New Area. TheIndustrial Park, a Guangdong-Macao cooperative project, commenced infrastructure constructionworks on 19 April, 2011. The Macau Investment and Development Limited was established in June2011 pursuant to Chief Executive Notice No. 17/2011 and By-law No. 14/2011.The company has a board of shareholders comprising the Financial Services Bureau representingthe Government, the Macau Industrial and Commercial Development Fund, and Macao Tradeand Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM). With regard to administration and management, thecompany has a board of five directors. It also has a board of three supervisors.Both governments have invested to set up the Guangdong-Macao Traditional Chinese MedicalScience and Technology Industrial Park Development Company Limited (the “cooperativecompany”) to implement the development project. The shareholders of the cooperative companyare Macau Investment and Development Limited and Zhuhai Da Heng Qin Investment CompanyLimited.In 2010, the Government commissioned the Shanghai Innovative Research Center of TraditionalChinese Medicine to compile a design and research report for the Guangdong-Macao TraditionalChinese Medical Science and Technology Industrial Park. Macau Investment and DevelopmentLimited also hired Jurong Consultants of Singapore to draft a report outlining the strategicdevelopment, feasibility study, review and conceptual layout plan of the Industrial Park. Based onthese two reports, Macau Investment and Development Limited compiled a summary report andsubmitted it to the Government and the Administrative Committee of Hengqin New Area.In 2012, a delegation from the cooperative company visited a number of industrial parks inTaiwan and Singapore, and in September visited Chinese medicine industrial parks in Shanghai,Suzhou and Taizhou. In November, the cooperative company held the Guangdong-Macao TraditionalChinese Medical Technology Industrial Park Construction Project and City Design InternationalOpen Competition, successfully attracting the participation of 16 organisations from seven countries.The three finalists were a Sino-German joint venture, a Singapore company and a U.S. company.The final master design plan is expected to be completed by the first quarter of 2013.Macau Productivity and Technology Transfer CenterThe Macau Productivity and Technology Transfer Centre (CPTTM) was established in 1996. It isa non-profit organisation jointly established by the Government and the private sector. The missionof CPTTM is to help enterprises effectively use new approaches, ideas, information and technologyto enhance the value of their products or services. Its objectives are to increase productivity andcompetitiveness, encourage and support the establishment and development of new businesses, andencourage employees to pursue self-development and enhance their vocational skills.Vocational and Professional TrainingThe vocational/professional training series provided by the centre can be divided into four categoriesas follows:178