In May 2023, the DSEDT organized a study tour to the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) for technology and innovation enterprises from Portuguese-speaking countries (PSCs). It was participated by five incubators from Brazil and Portugal, as well as ten enterprises, which were either awardees of the previous editions of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition (Macao) for Technology Enterprises from Brazil and Portugal, or Brazilian and Portuguese enterprises that were interested in developing business in the Mainland. The site visits enabled the PSC technology enterprises to see for themselves the current situation and opportunities of Hengqin and the GBA, created opportunities of face-to-face discussion with Mainland and international investors, as well as facilitated more collaboration, thereby fulfilling the important role of Macao as a platform between China and PSCs.

Apart from site visits to technology research institutions and enterprises of the Mainland and Macao, the participating enterprises were also arranged to stage exhibitions and roadshows and meet with investors in the BEYOND Expo with a view to enhancing the role of Macao as a platform between China and PSCs, implementing China-PSCs technology exchange and cooperation and galvanizing outstanding Brazilian and Portuguese technology enterprises to settle in Macao and the Guangdong-Macao Intensive Cooperation Zone in Hengqin.

In addition, the participating organizations from Brazil and Portugal signed cooperation agreements with Macao enterprises and incorporated in Macao. This further facilitates the cooperation in the technology sector between China and PSCs and the settling in of Brazilian and Portuguese enterprises in Macao.