The China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) and the Macao SAR Government signed the Framework Agreement on Cooperation between the Macao Special Administrative Region Government and the China Association for Science and Technology in 2018 to set up the Committee for Science and Technology Exchange and Cooperation between the China Association for Science and Technology and the Macao Special Administrative Region Government to support the development of science and technology in Macao and promote the exchange between the Mainland and Macao in science popularization, innovation and entrepreneurship, talents, and the academic field. The Macao side’s leading department has been changed to the DSEDT after the latter being reorganized and vested with the new function of promoting technology and innovation development in 2021, while the work with CAST on strengthening the cooperation between the two sides continues.