Anselmo Teng: Strengthening financial cooperation between Guangdong
and Macao
Speech by Mr Anselmo Teng, Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Macao, at the
inauguration of the Bilateral Application of IC Cards in Guangdong and Macao and launching
of MacauPass UnionPay Dual Currency QuickPass Cash Card, Macao, 1 December 2011.
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The Honourable Secretary for Economy and Finance, Mr. Tam Pak Yuen,
The Honourable President of The People's Bank of China Guangzhou Branch, Mr. Luo
Bochuan,
The Honourable Director of the Economic Affairs Department of the Liaison Office of the
Central People's Government in the MSAR, Mr. Wang Xindong,
The Honourable Director of the Coordinating Department of the Liaison Office of the Central
People's Government in the MSAR, Mr. Xu Shuang,
The Honourable President of China UnionPay, Mr. Xu Luode,
The Honourable Chairman of the Board of Directors of MacauPass, Mr. Liu Hei Wan,
Dear Guests,
Good Afternoon!
All along, the Macao Monetary Authority has been assiduously helping and promoting our
financial sector to explore their business scope, which includes organizing delegations to visit
and study set-ups overseas and on the Mainland with a view to finding suitable partners in
business cooperation. I am honoured to have been invited today to a ceremony
commemorating the Inauguration of Bilateral Application of IC Cards in Guangdong and
Macao and the Launching of MacauPass UnionPay Dual Currency QuickPass Cash Card. I
am here to witness a fruitful result achieved in the cross-border financial business
cooperation between Mainland and the MSAR. I hereby convey my best wishes to the
cooperation between the financial sectors of the two jurisdictions for even more fruitful results
in the future.
After the establishment of the MSAR, the liaison and cooperation between the financial
sectors of Guangdong and Macao has been closer and more frequent. The trend is
beckoning. In 2008, the State Council promulgated the "Outline of the Plan for the Reform
and Development of the Pearl River Delta", in which financial cooperation was designated to
be one of the main areas for cooperation. In March this year, the Guangdong Province and
the MSAR executed the "Guangdong-Macao Cooperation Framework Agreement", which
further promoted the financial integration of the two economies and their financial
businesses. More favourable conditions for development have been created. It expands the
scope of development for the financial business cooperation of the two places which signifies
that the overall cooperation between Guangdong and Macao has entered into a new stage.
Under the auspices of the Guangzhou Regional Branch and Zhuhai Branch of the People's
Bank of China and China UnionPay, the MacauPass issues today the UnionPay Dual
Currency QuickPass Cash Card which realizes the cross-border use of the IC Cards in
Guangdong and Macao. With immediate effect, the MacauPass QuickPass Cash Card will
be applicable to ChinaUnion terminals located in both places. At the same time, Mainland
residents can make use of MacauPass terminals via UnionPay QuickPass Cash Card. The
service has signified further integration of financial infrastructures of both areas. It has
realized the interchangeable use of stored value cards issued separately in the North region
and South Region of the country. Simultaneously, it facilitates small payments made by
residents of Macao and tourists of the Mainland, perfecting financial services of the Mainland
and the Macao SAR. It further embodies the gradual implementation of financial cooperation
under the "Guangdong-Macao Cooperation Framework Agreement" by practitioners of both
areas. It has injected fresh momentum into financial cooperation between Guangdong and
Macao.
We do hope that the Guangdong-Macao financial cooperation can ride the tide to strengthen
cooperation, enhance the already fruitful results, within regulated framework and under risk
control, so as to promote full economic integration between Guangdong and Macao and
synchronize infrastructures of both areas. I hereby would like to express, on behalf of the
Monetary Authority of Macao, our gratitude to all sectors of the community for their support in
the process. Thank you for your endeavour and cooperation and our best wishes to the
MacauPass UnionPay Cash Card for a tremendous success in their business endeavour. At
the same time, I do hope Guangdong and Macao will continue to work shoulder to shoulder
to fulfil every item of financial cooperation under the "Guangdong-Macao Cooperation
Framework Agreement", so as to achieve Guangdong-Macao financial cooperation and
secure more fruitful results in promoting appropriate diversification of the Macao economy.
Thank you!