Talents return to Macao for observation and experience a new aspect of MSAR

In October last year, the Talents Development Committee organised the “Celebrating 15th Anniversary of the Macao Special Administrative Region - Talents Group Investigation Plan” with the aim of attracting Macao talents working or starting a business abroad to return to serve Macao. Since its initiation, the plan has received active response from around 100 applicants, and upon screening and selection, a total of 19 candidates are eligible to participate in the five-day observation and exchange activity scheduled to take place in Macao on 1st February 2015.

Since Macao's handover to its Motherland, the SAR Government has laid great emphasis on the cultivation of talents and therefore established the Talents Development Committee responsible for formulating, planning and coordinating long-term development strategies of talents cultivation, designing and implementing relevant short, medium and long-term measures. Under the auspice of the Committee, the Task Force of Encouraging Talents to Return to Macao has specially launched the “Celebrating 15th Anniversary of the Macao Special Administrative Region - Talents Group Investigation Plan” on this special occasion of the 15th anniversary of the establishment of the MSAR and selected 19 Macao talents who are working in the industries closely relevant to Macao's development, e.g. arts, healthcare, information and technology, etc., in Hong Kong, Mainland, Taiwan, Singapore, Australia, and the United States to participate in the observation and exchange activity. Under the arrangement of the Committee, participants will be guided to visit the public departments closely related to Macao's development, including the Cultural Affairs Bureau, Cultural & Creative Industry Committee, Supporting Office to the Secretariat of China and Portuguese - Speaking Countries Economic Cooperation Forum (Macao), Macau Productivity and Technology Transfer Centre, Infrastructure Development Office, Tourism Development Committee, Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute, Transportation Infrastructure Office, Health Bureau, Science and Technology Development Fund, etc. Furthermore, they also carried out site visits to Hengqin, some large-scale infrastructures in Macao and attended forums to exchange views with members of the Talents Development Committee, local chambers of commerce, enterprises, associations, academic institutions and organisations, etc.

Through this Investigation Plan, the Talents Development Committee seeks to strengthen relations between Macao outstanding talents living abroad and local departments, enterprises and organisations and enhance their understanding of the developments of Macao over the past fifteen years and the opportunities brought by future planning, thereby increasing their confidence in returning to Macao to develop their career.