Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday commended the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) for its achievements over the past five "extraordinary" years.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday praised the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin for its role in bolstering Macao's economic diversification, and urged further efforts to improve connectivity and facilitate market integration in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Macao's return to China, in late November, media from Guangdong and Macao, GDToday and Lotus TV, set up a "Wish Booth" in the heart of Macao's Fisherman's Wharf.
Since the return to China from Portuguese rule in 1999, Macao has been governed as a special administrative region (SAR) under the "one country, two systems" policy -- a unique arrangement that allows it to maintain its capitalist system and way of life within socialist China.
For 25 glorious years, Macao has shone with renewed splendor. The bitterness of past separation has given way to joy of enduring reunification today. These 25 years have unfolded like a picturesque poem, with the tides of time pushing us steadfastly forward.
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Macao on Wednesday afternoon, describing Macao as "a pearl on the palm" of the motherland and expressing confidence in its promising future.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday met with Ho Iat Seng, the outgoing chief executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR), expressing the central authorities' full acknowledgment of the work of Ho and the fifth-term Macao SAR government.
In Macao, a land where East meets West, the Macanese, as a unique group, carry a profound historical and cultural heritage. Miguel de Senna Fernandes, President of the Macanese Association, whose family roots traced back to mid-18th century in Macao, has witnessed the tremendous changes this region has undergone since its return to the motherland.