Five years ago, President Xi Jinping applauded Macao compatriots for "creating the best development situation in Macao's history and writing a glorious chapter in the successful implementation of 'one country, two systems with Macao characteristics'" at a ceremony celebrating the Macao Special Administrative Region's 20th anniversary.
Since the 1999 handover, Macao has made significant progress in politics, economy, people's livelihoods and cultural affairs. Politically, it has maintained stability, correctly handled the relationship between the central government and the SAR, respected the central government's comprehensive jurisdiction over the SAR, established benign interactions among the executive, legislative and judicial organs, improved governance efficiency and effectiveness, completed the local legislation of Article 23 of the Basic Law, and adopted robust measures to strengthen its capacity to safeguard national security.
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