8th intl infrastructure forum wraps up in Macao

MACAO - The eighth International Infrastructure Investment and Construction Forum wrapped up Friday in China's Macao Special Administrative Region, with a series of contracts signed on promoting global infrastructure development.

A total of 24 contracts, framework agreements and memorandums were signed at the forum between China and countries and regions along the Belt and Road, with seven of them between China and Portuguese-speaking countries.

The forum serves as an important platform for international infrastructure cooperation, which will facilitate Macao's role as a platform for economic cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking countries, President of Macao's Trade and Investment Promotion Institute Jackson Chang said at the closing ceremony.

The two-day event has attracted more than 1,700 officials, entrepreneurs, investors and professionals from 63 countries and regions.

The forum includes 14 seminars and symposiums, and more than 200 meetings.

The Belt and Road Infrastructure Development Index (2017) and the Report on the Belt and Road Infrastructure Development Index (2017) were also issued at the forum.