Macao was occupied by Portugal in 1887. 1887 1 February 1 day, Portugal and the Qing government signed the Draft Convention of the China-Portugal Conference and the Sino-Portuguese Treaty of Reconciliation and Trade, and formally occupied Macao through the formalities of diplomatic documents.

Although the Portuguese sought the right of abode of the Ming Dynasty in Macao from 1557, the Ming government still set up a yamen here, which was directly under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province. It was not until 1887 that the Portuguese government and the Qing government signed the Sino-Portuguese Reconciliation and Trade Treaty (which expired in 1928), that Macao became a Portuguese colony. It was not until February 20th that the China government resumed the exercise of sovereignty over Macao.

Macao's return to China;

103, Deng Xiaoping publicly proposed for the first time to solve the Macao issue left over from history with the principle of "one country, two systems".

From 65438 to 0986, the Chinese and Portuguese governments started four rounds of negotiations on the Macao issue.

1April, 1987 13, the two prime ministers signed the Joint Statement of the Governments of People's Republic of China (PRC) and Portugal on Macao and its two annexes. According to the Joint Declaration, Macao (including Macao Peninsula, Taipa Island and Sixth Ring Road) is the territory of China, and People's Republic of China (PRC) will resume the exercise of sovereignty over Macao on February 20th. China promised to implement one country, two systems for Macao, and ensured that Macao people enjoyed the right of "a high degree of autonomy and Macao people ruling Macao".

1993 On March 3 1, the China People's Congress (NPC) passed the Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region in Beijing. Before 1999, it was the territory of China under Portuguese rule, and the sovereignty of Macao belonged to China.

1 at 0: 00 on February 20th, 1999, witnessed by the heads of state of China and Portugal, Wei Qili, the 27th Governor of Macao, and He Houhua, the1Chief Executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region, handed over the Macao regime at the handover ceremony venue of the new Macao port. The next morning (65438+February 2 1), the people of Macao welcomed the PLA troops stationed in Macao; At this point, People's Republic of China (PRC) officially resumed the exercise of sovereignty over Macao.

Macao is an international free port, one of the regions with the highest population density in the world, and one of the four largest gambling cities in the world, with a capitalist system. Its famous light industry, tourism, hotels and casinos have made Macao prosperous and become one of the developed and wealthy regions in the world.

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