{"id":10118,"date":"2026-04-23T05:59:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T05:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/10118\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T05:59:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T05:59:13","slug":"almost-50-protocols-inked-on-second-day-of-sam-hou-fais-visit-to-madrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/10118\/","title":{"rendered":"Almost 50 protocols inked on second day of Sam Hou Fai\u2019s visit to Madrid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Jos\u00e9 Carlos Matias, in Madrid<\/p>\n<p>A total of 48 protocols were signed on Wednesday between companies and entities from Macau, Hengqin, the wider mainland China, and Spain on the second day of Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai\u2019s visit to Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>Of these, 43 were inked at the economic and trade cooperation promotion session hosted by Macau\u2019s Commerce and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM). The event, which brought together some 170 participants, also included 104 business-matching meetings. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IPIM-Madrid-Cooperation-2048x1536.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-852170\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Another five cooperation agreements were signed during a reception hosted by the Macau SAR Government.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/macaubusiness.com\/government-mulls-widening-scope-of-macaus-lisbon-delegation-to-spain\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read also: Government mulls widening scope of Macau\u2019s Lisbon delegation to Spain<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The cooperation protocols and memorandums of understanding involved a wide range of areas, such as green industries, technology, tourism, hospitality, health, pharmaceuticals, food and beverage, traditional Chinese medicine, biotechnology, new energy, MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions), trade, and market expansion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/macaubusiness.com\/macaus-first-ever-roadshow-in-spain-opens-new-chapter-in-tourism-promotion-mgto-director\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read also: Macau\u2019s first-ever roadshow in Spain opens new chapter in tourism promotion \u2013 MGTO director<br \/><\/a><br \/>The agreements signed on Wednesday \u201clay the foundation for deepening cooperation between Macau and Spain across a wide range of areas,\u201d Sam Hou Fai noted in remarks to the media.<\/p>\n<p>During Sam\u2019s visit to Portugal from 18 to 21 April, 61 agreements were signed, bringing the total number of protocols inked during the Macau Government\u2019s mission to the Iberian Peninsula to 109.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Jos\u00e9 Carlos Matias, in Madrid A total of 48 protocols were signed on Wednesday between companies and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10119,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[335,1150,4071,82,6380,6381],"class_list":{"0":"post-10118","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-madrid","8":"tag-china","9":"tag-international","10":"tag-macau","11":"tag-madrid","12":"tag-mna","13":"tag-mna-featured"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}