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This issue of Macao Image looks at how Macao is harnessing cloud computing to help transform itself into a leading smart city, as the Macao SAR Government seeks to use technology to improve the quality of life for the city’s residents.
Managing urban development, planning for the future of their cities and building strong, vibrant economies are challenges facing all governments. The Macao Government SAR says the development of a smart city is crucial to the enhancement of the competitiveness of Macao, and of its status and influence among its neighbours.
Using the technologies of the Alibaba Group cloud computing subsidiary, Alibaba Cloud, the Government and Alibaba Group will collaborate in upgrading the city’s information technology infrastructure to foster the development of digital techniques in the fields of tourism, transport, healthcare, public administration and nurturing talent. Observers interviewed for this issue say that to make Macao a smart city, a thorough plan is needed to set out proper objectives suited to the city’s unique features and advantages.
Macao Image talks to the Chairman of the Association of Great Food Merchants of Macao, in the light of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) awarding Macao the title of UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy in 2017. The Macao Government has begun taking a series of measures to promote the city as a place to visit for its cuisine and will put into action a four-year plan to strengthen Macao’s appellation as a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy. The Association’s head says these developments enhance the international reputation of Macao as draw for tourists.
The need to care for the environment prompted the Government to arrange for a delegation representing the Pan-Pearl River Delta Region to undertake a business mission to Portugal and Germany in March this year. We hear from businesspeople that took part. They say the visit widened their perspective, yielding fruitful outcomes and laying foundations for further co-operation.
This issue also takes a look at the success of the Macao International Environmental Co-operation Forum and Exhibition 2018, held from 12 to 14 April this year. The event plays a pivotal role in connecting enterprises in the environmental protection business around the world, and the exhibition this year proved to be a more-than-ample opportunity for green enterprises.
Another important topic in this edition of the magazine is the expansion of cross-border E-commerce. Entrepreneurs in e-commerce tell us how expansion can promote exchanges between China and the Portuguese-speaking Countries, through the Macao platform.
As always, we examine the results achieved by the IPIM “One-stop Service” in this edition. Two companies tell Macao Image how this unique service helped guide them through the process of setting up a business in Macao.
