The 14th Macao International Trade and Investment Fair (MIF) was inaugurated here on Thursday, with 3,000 guests from 61 countries and regions of the world attending the event's opening ceremony. With the theme of 'Diversity Key to Extending A Decade Of Prosperity', the 14th MIF was organized by Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM). The organizational scale, the number of participating countries and regions, and the influence of the 14th MIF would be the largest ever, said Lee Peng Hong, president of IPIM, at the opening ceremony. Statistics from the IPIM showed that more than 288 business delegations from 61 countries and regions, comprising more than 3, 000 delegates from home and abroad participated in the event, and a total of 1,074 exhibition booths were installed. With the view to provide a series of opportunities for members of the political and business sectors and guests from different places of the world to exchange information and deepen their cooperation, a total of 33 forums, seminars and promotion events as well as 839 business matching activities have been arranged, said Lee. 