December 20 is the 15th anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland. In 1999, the Chinese Government resumed the exercise of sovereignty over Macao and established the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR), and the Basic Law of the Macao SAR officially became operative.
The 15 years of development in Macao has proved a great success for the "One Country, Two Systems" policy. The full implementation of the policy and Macao people's support for the Basic Law have guaranteed that Macao people govern Macao and the SAR enjoys a high degree of autonomy |