Friday marks the 20th anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland. Over the past two decades, Jiangsu has made active exploration in its cooperation with Macao and joined hands with the Portuguese-speaking countries to find new opportunities for shared development.
In accordance with the central government's requirements for the development of Macao, the Macao SAR government has taken solid steps to promote the World Tourism and Leisure Center and the service platform for commerce and trade cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking countries.
It has also promoted the construction of an exchange and cooperation base with Chinese culture as the mainstream and multicultural coexistence that has promoted the development of Macao as an internationally renowned city featuring political stability, social harmony, economic prosperity and cultural diversity.
From the initial days of returning to the motherland to 2018, Macao's GDP has increased by nearly 8 times, per capita GDP has increased by almost 5 times, cumulative fiscal surplus and foreign exchange reserves have increased by 193 times and 6.2 times, and the local unemployment rate has fallen from 6.3% to 1.8 %.
He Dingyi, Deputy Director, Hong Kong, Macao,Taiwan and Overseas Chinese Sub-committee, 13th National Committee of the CPPCC
Over the past 20 years
with the strong support of the central government
and the joint efforts of Macao citizens
Macao has undergone tremendous changes
as is evidenced by huge economic growth
people ’s livelihood improvement
and the enhancement of citizens ’sense of well-being
We are particularly grateful
to the people of the motherland
and the provinces and municipalities
for their strong support to Macao
In the past 20 years, Jiangsu has continuously sought new opportunities for development in its cooperation with Macao. Suzhou Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs are served on the dining table of Macao residents and the Macao King of Crystals has sought to expand his business in Donghai County.
Jiangsu has been an active participant in the China-Portugal Forum and the Macao International Trade and Investment Expo. The Jiangsu-Macao Portuguese-speaking Countries Business Summit helped Jiangsu make inroads into the markets in the Portuguese-speaking countries. 218 Macao students have been admitted to Jiangsu-based universities and 132 civil servants from both sides have exchanged visits. Jiangsu and Macao have continued to expand the areas of cooperation to bring about closer exchanges.
Ye Lingbo, head of Department of Foreign Exchange and Cooperation of the Department of Culture and Tourism of Jiangsu
We have relied on Macao
as a platform to show the world
our rich cultural and tourism resources
and introduce more investment
Wu Zhiliang, president of the Macao Foundation
The cooperation between Jiangsu and Macao
is actually to explore a model
to integrate the cooperation
between Macao and the Mainland
into the overall national development
and find a way out by giving full play
to Macao as a platform
Fei Shaoyun, Director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of Jiangsu
We have cooperated with the Macao SAR Government
to establish a business summit mechanism
between Jiangsu, Macao and eight Portuguese-speaking countries
and are guided by high-level exchanges
to promote cooperation in all aspects
Jiangsu must bravely shoulder the responsibility
of serving the "one country, two systems" policy
so as to create more favorable conditions for cooperation
between Jiangsu and Portuguese-speaking countries
