IPIM organises the 33rd Asian Trade Promotion Forum

The 33rd Asian Trade Promotion Forum (ATPF) was held on 24 September 2020 in Macao. The event was organised by the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) and moderated by Mr Benson Lau Wai Meng, President of IPIM. The Forum, themed “The development and Innovation of Trade Promotion Organisations in the New Era”, was held online for the first time because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Representatives of trade promotion entities from 20 Asian economies participated in the latest edition of the ATPF. In his speech, IPIM’s President said the pandemic had accelerated the mainstreaming of information technology and digitisation, bringing about new opportunities and challenges for trade promotion institutes. Two meetings were held during the event: one on how trade and investment promotion organisations could be innovative when affected by the pandemic, and the other on how to improve small and medium-sized enterprises’ competitiveness.