As is known to visitors of this city, bridges are the backbone for Macao. They are vital to economic development as well as people's work and life. Macao used to be the proud home of Asia's longest bridge, the Ponte de Amizade (Bridge of Friendship) which was completed in 1994. Now, together with Hong Kong and Zhuhai, Macao has just set a new record of the longest cross-sea bridge in the world. The bridge linking the three cities extends over an uNPRecedented 55 kilometers.
I must add that there is an even longer "cross-ocean bridge" in Macao, i.e. the Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation Between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries. It is certainly there, though invisible. With language and culture as the bond, business cooperation as the theme, and common development as the objective, this forum has sought to fully leverage the unique strengths of Macao and played an important role in further strengthening the links between China and the seven Portuguese-speaking countries. I am sure it will continue to do so in the future.
Last year, the trade volume between China and Portuguese-speaking countries reached nearly 100 billion U.S. dollars. China has become a leading trade partner and the fastest growing main export market for Portuguese-speaking countries. China is home to nearly one thousand companies set up by Portuguese-speaking countries, and has invested close to 50 billion U.S. dollars and contracted projects worth over 90 billion U.S. dollars in these countries. The two sides have also conducted fruitful cooperation in agriculture, environmental protection, transport, telecommunications and finance.
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