Mr. Iong Kong Leong, Director of the Financial Services Bureau of the Macao Special Administrative Region Government, President of the Belt and Road Initiative Tax Academy of Macao, and Director of the Belt and Road Initiative Tax Administration Capacity Enhancement Group, attended the 4th Belt and Road Initiative Tax Administration Cooperation Forum in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, and delivered a speech titled Deepen Mutual Learning and Cooperation and Work Together for Capacity Enhancement. The following is the content of the speech

The 4th Belt and Road Initiative Tax Administration Cooperation Forum (BRITACOF) themed “Improving Tax Environment” was convened in Tbilisi, Georgia on 11 September 2023. More than 300 delegates, including 25 heads and deputy heads of tax authorities from 32 jurisdictions and, representatives and experts from 10 international organizations and world-famous enterprises attended this event onsite and remotely.

On June 9th, the Belt and Road Initiative Tax Administration Capacity Enhancement Group (BRITACEG) organized an exchange program, gathering the Belt and Road Initiative Tax Academy (BRITA)·Macao participants to visit the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin (hereafter referred to as Cooperation Zone). The BRITACEG’s Director, the Director of the BRITA·Macao, and the Director of the Financial Services Bureau of Macao, Mr. IONG Kong Leong, together with 13 tax officials from Angola, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, and Sao Tome and Principe, participated in the Cooperation and Exchange Conference on Taxation in Support of the Promotion of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and visited the Traditional Chinese Medicine Science and Technology Industrial Park of Cooperation between Guangdong and Macao, and the Zhuhai Hengqin Bringbuys Network Technology Co., Ltd.

The Belt and Road Initiative Tax Administration Cooperation Mechanism (BRITACOM) Virtual Roundtable Meeting was convened on March 16 2023, hosted by Mr. Wang Daoshu, Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the BRITACOM and Deputy Commissioner of the State Taxation Administration (STA) of China and attended by representatives of BRITACOM Council Members, Observers, members of the Expert Advisory Board and members of the BRITJ Editorial Advisory Board. At the meeting, participants advised on and exchanged insights about the Belt and Road Initiative Tax Administration Capacity Enhancement Group (BRITACEG) Curriculum System Version 1.0, the Belt and Road Initiative Tax Journal (BRITJ) and the 4th Belt and Road Initiative Tax Administration Cooperation Forum (BRITACOF).

Subsequent to the Introduction of the BRITACEG Curriculum System issued on the 3rd BRITACOF in September 2022, The BRITACEG Curriculum System Version 1.0 has been formulated and is now released.