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National Games: boosting sports momentum
The 15th National Games marked a turning point for Macao, with the city showcasing its strongest sporting performance to date in any edition of the Games, while deepening cooperation across the Greater Bay Area
2026 agenda: reform, diversification and stability
Macao is gearing up for change: from sweeping public administration reforms to renewed investment in economic diversification and social security, as well as further integration into national development. The 2026 Policy Address outlines how Macao hopes to transform a year of challenges into a major turning point for its future
Preserving Macao’s identity
Macao is a place shaped by centuries of encounters and cultural exchanges. To safeguard the city’s time‑honoured traditions, the MSAR Government has recently added 12 new entries to the official intangible cultural heritage list, with local practices ranging from lion dances to the making of custard tarts.
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The history of the Games
From a grand, centrally staged showcase in 1959 to a sprawling, multi-city spectacle crossing administrative boundaries, the National Games of the People’s Republic of China have mirrored the country’s social and economic transformations
2026 agenda: reform, diversification and stability
Macao is gearing up for change: from sweeping public administration reforms to renewed investment in economic diversification and social security, as well as further integration into national development. The 2026 Policy Address outlines how Macao hopes to transform a year of challenges into a major turning point for its future
2025: a year of progress
Despite what Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai called “complex and volatile” conditions, 2025 became a year of advances in governance reform, economic diversification and further regional cooperation
The path forward is clear: scholars
The Macao Special Administrative Region (MSAR) Government’s Policy Address for 2026 outlines concrete measures aimed at accelerating the city’s long-term economic diversification and its urban development, according to scholars from the University of Macau (UM)
Macao’s big bet on investment
As Macao steps into 2026, the city is rolling out two landmark legal reforms that promise to reshape its financial landscape. Designed to align the city with international standards and attract global capital, the reforms mark one of the most significant overhauls of Macao’s financial regulation in decades
Nobel laureate leads high-level TCM research in Greater Bay Area
Renowned German biophysicist Erwin Neher has been leading efforts at the Macau University of Science and Technology to unveil the secrets behind centuries-old Traditional Chinese Medicine formulations. The 1991 Nobel laureate in medicine, specialising in cell physiology, heads a laboratory named in his honour. In 2024, he became the first expatriate scientist in either Hong Kong or Macao to receive the nation’s top friendship award
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