Macao Returns Home

In1553,PortugueselandedonMacaobeachwhereAMaTemplewaslocatedtodrytheirwatersoakedgoods.Theydecidedtosettleintheareaandeventuallyinstitutedcolonialruleovertheisland.InJuly1844,thecorruptQingcourtsignedtheunequalWangxiaTreatyuponaroundstonetableintherea...     

Casinos of Macao

The most shining scen-ery of Macao at nightmay be the neon lightsof Hotel Lisboa whichis the largest casino inMacao. Macao's casinos offer thelargest variety of casino games any-where in the world, combining bo?nestablished western favorites withlong popular eastern games asblackjack, baccarat, pai kao, rou-lette, boulette, boule, "big andsmall", fantan and pacapio, orchoose from the array of slot ma-chines which are computer-linkedfor super jackpot payouts. Established in 1970, the HotelLisboa is much like a honeycomb     

Smooth Transition of Macao

Wang:MacaohasalwaysbeenapartofChineseterritory.TosettletheMacaoissue,theChineseandPortuguesegovernments,aftermuchnegotiation,signedajointstatementin1987,accordingtowhichthePeople'sRepublicofChinawillresumesovereigntyoverMacaoonDecember20th,1999,andsetuptheMacaoSpecialAdministrativeRegionusingthe"onecountrytwo-systems"principle.TheMacaoSARwillexerciseahighdegreeofautonomyandwillbeadministeredbyMacaoresidents.Thesocialistsystemandpoliciesshallnotbepracticedintheregion,anditscapitalistsys…     

Macao Is a Festival

According to legend, Macao beganwith a festival, when Chinese fishermengave thanks to A-Ma, goddess of seafar-ers, for guiding them through a storm toland here. When Portuguese arrived in thesame harbor they celebrated with prayerto their Catholic saints. Since then Macaohas taken every opportunity to add to itsholiday calendar...whether for religious,historical, sporting, cultural and even cu-linary reasons.     

Tourism Industry Booms in Macao

MACAO'Slocationmakesitanattractivedestina-tionformanytourists.Theregion,locatedonthesouthernsideoftheZhujiangDeltaandabout40nauticalmilesfromHongKong,isaneasyjumping-offpointforSoutheastAsiaandJapan.PassengerboatstravelbetweenHongKongandMacao24hoursaday.MacaoboastsfabulousSouthChinaSeabeaches,beautifulmountainranges,andvastprairies.Theairisfreshandcarriesthescentofthesea.VisitorscanlearnaboutMacao'suniquecultureandhistorybyvisitingthearea'smanychurches,temples,fortifications,andmuseums…     

East Meet West in Macao

For almost four and a half cen-turies international travelershave been coming toMacao... for adventure andsanctuary...knowledge andexcitement...business and pleasure. In-variably they found far more than theyexpected in the tiny outpost that flour-ished as the prime commercial and cul-tural crossroad between Europe and Asia.     

What Has and Has Not Changed Since Macao＇s Handover

IN many ways, Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR)remains as it was before being handed back to China in December 1999. The free port is still there, Portuguese is still widely spoken and the pataca (MOP) is still the official currency. Coins also still jingle as they fly in and out of the casinoslot machines,     

Macao: A Bridge Between East and West

JIXIANLIN,awell-establishedscholarwithBeijingUniversity,oncecommentedinanarticlethat"Chinain5,000yearshasexperiencedseveralhightidesinculturalexchange,thelastandmostimportantofwhichwastheintroductionofWesternculturethroughMacaoattheendofthedingandthebeginingoftheQingDynasty."ThefirstdisselninatorsofWesterncultureattheendofthedingDynastywerethePortugUesewhohadsettledinMacao.Thisobservation,puttingMacaoinapositionofpre-eminenceincultUralexchangebetweenEastandWest,wasrepeatedlyverifieddu…     

Hengqin New Area Expands Room for Macao＇s Development

正HENGQIN New Area was established on December 16,2009 in southern Zhuhai City,Guangdong Province.Covering 106.46 square kilometers,it triples the size of Macao.Across a river from each other,the two are connected at their shortest distance by a bridge less than 200 meters long.Hengqin is 34 miles from Hong Kong.After the opening of the Hong KongZhuhai-Macao Bridge,scheduled for2016,Hengqin will become the only national new area directly connected to Hong Kong and Macao.     

Congratulations on the Establishment of Beijing Office of Macao SAR

Chief Executive Edmund HoHau Wah unveiled theBeijing Office of the MacaoSpecial Administrative Region on March 6 in a bid tobuild closer ties with central governmentand the inland.     

结构调整：呼唤长效机制

酷热的夏天,中国的经济结构调整也承受着＂炙烤＂。由于经济增速继续放缓,引发了一些学者的怀疑和忧虑,担心中国经济会二次探底,认为调整经济结构的力度应当有所保留。     

TWO YEARS AFTER ITS RETURN,Macao Confidently Sets Sail

ON December 20, 1999,Macao put an end toits 400-yearPortuguese colonialrule and returned to the mother-land, while maintaining its three-power separation administrativestructure and lifestyle. Prior to itsreturn, Macao had experiencedsocial instability and a stagnanteconomy. Today, Chief ExecutiveEdmund HoHau Wah hasled Macao outof this into aperiod ofprogress in var-ious fields. Onthe secondanniversary ofMacao Special AdministrativeRegion (MSAR), China Todayreporters went toMacao to …     

2009：飞雪迎春到

2008年下半年以来，国际经济环境急转直下，国内经济困难明显增加，经济形势变化对上海经济的不利影响逐步加重。九月份以后越来越明显。本市经济增速大幅度回落，财政收入、工业生产、外贸出口等一些重要指标同时出现负增长，就业压力加大。社会矛盾凸显，这是多年来所没有的。     

会展经济：武汉大有可为

去年,武汉市成功地举办了以“两会一节”为重点的一系列会展活动。其中尤其引人注目的是经国务院批准的首届中国武汉国际机电产品博览会,突出了“展国际机电水平,创武汉会展品牌”的要求,达到了“以展会商、以展扬名、以展聚财、以展兴     

崇左：边陲新城成通道

"十五"时期,在党中央、国务院和自治区党委、自治区人民政府的正确领导下,全区各族人民解放思想,转变观念,深化改革,努力拼搏,胜利完成了"十五"计划确定的目标任务,全区人均生产总值突破1000美元,人均财政收入突破1000元。今日之广西,进入了历史上发展最好的时期。 "十一五"是我区重要的发展机遇期,自治区提出了以科学发展观统领经济社会发展全局,以"四个广西"为核心内容推进和谐广西建设的重大战略决策。广西的整体推进,离不开14个市的全面快速发展。因此,在"十一五"第一年的开年之际,我们特邀全区各市的市委书记共同回顾"十五"不凡的经历,展望各市"十一五"的宏伟蓝     

Ethnic and Religious Affairs,Hong Kong,Macao and Taiwan Affairs

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芜湖：快速发展的滨江城市

“天门中断楚江开,碧水东流至此回,两岸青山相对出,孤帆一片日边来”。每当街头巷尾幼稚童音咿呀吟唱这首千古佳句时,笔者的心底就会荡漾起丝丝涟漪,勾起对芜湖这座滨江城市的向往。初夏,笔者走进芜湖,以一个外乡人好奇的眼光审视和解读这个城市。     

China＇s Private Economy：Challenges and Solutions：An Economy Matures

For the first three decades of the People＇s Republic, the Chinese economy consisted solely of state-owned or collectively owned enterprises.The emergence of private businesses following China＇s reform and opening-up in 1978 ushered in a private economy that has since grown to account for up to 50 percent of the country＇s GDP,70 percent of its jobs and 30-40 percent of its tax revenue.     

CAFTA：华商发展的新机遇

第三届世界华人论坛在北京举行。论坛集中探讨了“建立中国-东盟贸易区(CAFTA):华商面临的挑战、机遇和对策”这一重大论题。研讨中,许多与会东盟国家华商都形成这样一个共识:CAFTA的建立过程,是东盟华商与中国共同繁荣发展的一次大好机遇。这里是三位华商的观点看法。     

镇沅：解放思想，跨越发展

党的十六届三中全会提出,要坚持以人为本,树立全面、协调、可持续的发展观,促进经济社会和人的全面发展。国家民委周明甫副主任在云南省民委调研时指出:云南全省有25个少数民族、8个民族自治州、29个民族自治县,由于各种历史原因,民族地区谋求发展困难大,情况复杂。因此必须从实际出发,对发展现状进行认真分析和研究,根据各地区、各民族的实际情况,划分不同的发展类型,研究和确定不同的发展思路,从而实现更快更好的发展。如何树立和落实科学的发展观,结合县域社会经济发展实际,创新发展思路,制定发展对策,实现省委、省政府“与全国同步进入小康”的宏伟目标,作为一项重要而紧迫的任务,摆在了云南29个自治县县长的面前。