Thirty MGM China Holdings Ltd employees have visited leading technology businesses in Shenzhen, in China’s Guangdong province, as part of a three-day tour to learn about economic innovation efforts across the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area.
The group also went to The Museum of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, near Zhongshan.
The Macau casino operator said in a Tuesday press release that the tour was under MGM Academy’s “PRIDE Career Development Program”.
The update added it was part of MGM China’s “support of the Macau SAR Government’s ‘1+4’ strategy for economic diversification and to cultivate cross-disciplinary talents”.
The term 1+4 refers to Macau’s core tourism and leisure sector, plus four new industries targeted for development. The latter are: traditional Chinese medicine and “Big Health”; modern financial services; high technology; and business related to convention, exhibition, trade, culture and sports activities.
Joining the MGM China staff on the tour were representatives from the Guangdong Liaison Department of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Macau SAR; and the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the Shenzhen Municipal People’s Government.
Technology enterprises visited in Shenzhen included: Tencent Headquarters; the Intel Greater Bay Area Innovation Center; Unilumin Group Co Ltd; and Shenzhen Zhongqing Robot Technology Co Ltd.
The update said the participants gained insights into the latest advances in artificial intelligence; talent development; computing chip applications; the role of the ‘smart city’; innovative display technologies; and humanoid robotics.
In the culture and arts field, the group visited the Sea World Culture and Arts Center and K11 ECOAST in Shenzhen.
The group had exchanges with cultural tourism experts in Shenzhen and representatives from MGM Reserve Zhuhai, a new Zhuhai hotel promoted by Diaoyutai MGM Hospitality Ltd.
Wendy Yu, executive vice president of human resources at MGM China, was cited as saying: “This tour not only enabled our team members to explore best practices and innovations in the Greater Bay Area’s technology and cultural sectors, but also embodied the core philosophy of our PRIDE programme.”
This was, she said, to provide “comprehensive training for high-potential local talent across all levels”.
