Bilateral trade topped US$102 billion in 2020 and looks set to improve this year as the two countries seek further areas for cooperation.
Xi Jinping
City marks the anniversary with flag-raising, commemorative stamps and a light show, while top officials attend ceremony in Beijing.
President Xi Jinping heard a work report via video link from Macao Chief Executive on the special administrative region government’s work in 2020 and its current situation.
By making full use of the advantages of connecting and integrating the East and the West, “Macao will strive to craft a platform for high-level international scientific and technological exchanges and co-operation, one that is in high-level convergence of international modern service industries, Edmund Ho Hau Wah, vice-chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), said on Tuesday.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday sent a congratulatory letter to the opening of the first conference of the International Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation (ISTIF) of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA).
Xi Jinping has asked Shenzhen to take active moves to further promote the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, calling for efforts to synergise economic rules and mechanisms in the three regions.
Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng will not be in Macao until Wednesday, the Macao government announced today.
President Xi Jinping stressed on Friday that with the return of Macau and Hong Kong to the motherland, the handling of affairs in the two special administrative regions is “strictly China’s internal matter” so that “there is no need for any external forces to dictate things to us”.
President Xi Jinping commended the historic achievements made by Macau in economic and social development.