Time of Macao's return to the motherland

1999 At 0: 00 on February 20th, the Chinese and Portuguese governments held a handover ceremony at the Macao Cultural Center. China government resumed the exercise of sovereignty over Macao, and Macao returned to the motherland.

This is another great event of the Chinese nation in the great cause of the reunification of the motherland after1July 6, 997. From 65438 to February 20th, Macao held commemorative activities every year, and the fifth anniversary was also the day when the new Chief Executive was sworn in.

According to the Basic Law of Macao, Macao has become a special administrative region of People's Republic of China (PRC) since its return to China on February 20th, enjoying a high degree of autonomy. Under the guidance of the principle of "one country, two systems", Macao's social and economic characteristics will be preserved and continued.

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Colonial history:

From 65438 to 0553, the Portuguese began to live in Macao. Although the Portuguese sought the residence right of Ming Dynasty in Macao from 1557, the Ming government still set up a government office here, which was directly under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province.

1622, the Dutch attacked Macau leased by Portugal from the Ming Dynasty and were defeated (Battle of Macau). 1623, the Portuguese government appointed Marcelo as the first governor of Macao.

1887, the Portuguese government and the Qing government signed the Draft Convention of the China-Portugal Conference and the Sino-Portuguese Treaty of Friendship and Trade (expired in 1928), and formally occupied Macao through the formalities of diplomatic documents, and Macao became a Portuguese colony.

1On April 25th, 974, the Portuguese revolution was successful, and the policy of decolonization was implemented, recognizing that Macao was illegally occupied by Portugal. This was the first time that Macao returned to China.

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