Politics

A total of 44 individuals and organisations were honoured for their work in the SAR by outgoing Chief Executive Chui Sai On at the end of last year. We speak to seven worthy winners of ‘Lotus’ awards.

Macao’s outgoing Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On stressed socio-economic progress during his 10-year term at a speech made to the Legislative Assembly on 12 November.

Ho Iat Seng has been designated as Macao’s Chief Executive. He will be sworn in on 20 December.

President of the Macao Foundation, Wu Zhilliang, tells us more about ‘Lingnan culture’, which is known for its openness and connectivity.

With bilateral trade reaching over US$6 billion last year, a yearly increase of 7.4 per cent, China and Portugal are important strategic partners with bright prospects ahead.

At the tail end of his state visit to China to attend the Second Belt and Road Forum, Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa made time for a brief, roughly day-long stop in Macao before making the trip back home. The last time he visited the city was three decades ago.

Making his third and last official visit to Portugal, Macao Chief Executive Chui Sai On cemented his city’s role as a vital platform connecting China to the Portuguese-speaking world.

On 1 July 2017, the National Development and Reform Commission and the governments of Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao signed the Framework Agreement on Deepening Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Cooperation in the Development of the Greater Bay Area in Hong Kong.

The Macao government and business community welcomed the Central Government’s Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) – known simply as the Plan – on 18 February, praising it as creating new opportunities for Macao’s people and economy.