Xia Baolong is on a four-day fact-finding visit to Macao, following a similar visit made last month to Hong Kong.
Politics
Macao’s Chief Executive, Ho Iat Seng, has extended a welcome but the government has not given any details about Xia Baolong’s itinerary.
The local government says the changes are a “step to respond effectively” to what it describes as “new adverse challenges in terms of national security”.
Ho is in Luxembourg to learn from its bond market – Europe’s largest – and the two sides have agreed to boost ties in finance and other fields.
After four days in Portugal, Macao’s top official prepares to meet Luxembourg’s Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, before heading to Brussels for talks with Belgian and EU officials.
During his audience with President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, Ho was given an honour for services rendered to Portugal.
Macao’s chief executive is in Lisbon for four days for talks with President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, Prime Minister António Costa and Foreign Minister João Gomes Cravinho.
The preservation of the Portuguese language in Macao, and what de Sousa termed the rights “agreed between the countries in 1999”, will be on the agenda.
National People’s Congress standing committee vice chairman, Li Hongzhong, tells dignitaries that the territory’s mini-constitution had given it an “all-round legal guarantee” for growth.