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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
European businesses can go far in Macao: MECC president
Echo Chan, the newly elected president of the Macau European Chamber of Commerce (MECC), says Macao has clearly made significant strides toward reaching its economic diversification goals, and European companies have an important role to play in furthering the city’s ambitions. European companies, she adds, possess extensive expertise across a variety of industries, which are beneficial for Macao and the Greater Bay Area
Cross-boundary cargo takes off
Construction has begun on a transformative logistics project that promises to redefine Macao’s position in regional air cargo: the Macau International Airport Hengqin Upstream Cargo Terminal. Designed as a cross-boundary logistics engine, the new facility aims to boost cargo capacity, streamline customs procedures and deepen Macao’s integration into the Greater Bay Area supply chain
Fast-tracking integration
China’s upcoming 15th Five-Year Plan is to confirm the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area as one of three national ‘engines of high-quality development’. This signals an acceleration of regional integration, urging Macao to speed up economic diversification through Hengqin and the development of new industries
Positioning Macao youth in the Greater Bay Area
Macao NPC deputy Si Ka Lon said integration into Hengqin and the Greater Bay Area is increasingly essential for local youth
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.
Macanese moviemaker races to the top
Eight thrilling minutes, packed with roaring engines, daring overtakes and heart-pounding crashes, but also stunning visuals of Macao’s vivid urban landscape. “Macau Races On” clinched the ‘Best Event Film’ award in October, at the International Motor Film Awards 2025