TREE NEWS update: China’s Vice Minister of Industry and Information Technology Xiong Jijun met in Beijing on October 12 with Wu Huixian, head of the Macau Special Administrative Region’s economic and finance affairs delegation. The two sides discussed deepening cooperation in industry and information technology, and agreed to implement the cooperation agreement on developing new quality productive forces and advancing new industrialization.
China’s MIIT Vice Minister Meets Macau Economic Official in Beijing
AI take
The meeting signals that Beijing is folding Macau into its national industrial policy, not just treating it as a casino hub. The reference to "new quality productive forces" — the mainland's shorthand for tech-driven growth — suggests Macau's economic diversification is now framed as an industrial and IT matter, giving the central ministry a formal role alongside the SAR's finance officials. Whether this translates into concrete tech or manufacturing projects, rather than another framework agreement, is the open question worth watching.
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