The Forum of Think Tanks between China and Portuguese-speaking countries, jointly organized by the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China in the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) and the Macao SAR government, was held Thursday at the University of Macao. The forum brought together experts from the Chinese mainland, the Macao SAR, and eight Portuguese-speaking countries -- including Angola, Brazil, and Portugal -- to deepen exchanges and build consensus on cooperation. Participants shared their perspectives on each country’s approach to modernization, exchanged valuable experiences, and discussed future development. Raimundo Domingos Gonçalves, an analyst at Radio Nacional de Angola (RNA), cited China as an example and emphasized the importance of experience-sharing. Ye Guiping, vice president of the City University of Macao, emphasized that the Chinese path to modernization challenges developing countries' dependence on Western models. Speaking on the importance of collaboration in global development, Hu Weixing, dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Macao, emphasized the value of mutual learning in the pursuit of modernization. Shotlist: Macao, China - May 29, 2025: 1. Various of event in progress; 2. Various of guest speaking, attendees listening, taking notes; 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Raimundo Domingos Gonçalves, analyst, Radio Nacional de Angola (RNA) (partially overlaid with shot 4): "China's modernization, I think it is the best in the world. Nowadays, or in terms of geopolitical issues, China has been defending what we call a global cooperation so that we can share experience or that we can share in knowledge and know-how, because without know-how we cannot think about the future, and China is not (just) the future. China is always the future."; [SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] 4. Attendees; [SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] 5. Guest speaking; attendees; 6. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Ye GuiPing, vice president, City University of Macao: "The Chinese path to modernization is a new vision that differs from the Western model of modernization. It enriches and develops Marxism and breaks the dependency of other developing countries on Western nations' modernization models. It signals that the road to modernization is diverse and rich and offers Chinese wisdom and experience to developing countries in the Portuguese-speaking world."; 7. Attendees; 8. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Hu Weixing, dean, Faculty of Social Science, University of Macao (partially overlaid with shot 9): "The path to modernization for each country is different, but there are things they have in common. Our hope is for everyone to come together, build consensus, and find a path where we can all succeed and grow together, sharing our successful experiences. This is the essence of the concept of mutual learning among civilizations advocated by President Xi Jinping."; [SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] 9. Guest speaking; attendees; [SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] 10. Various of event in progress; guest speaking. [Restriction - No access Chinese mainland]