Macau celebrates 20 years of China rule

News:Macau is celebrating the 20th Anniversary since the former Portuguese colony was returned to China.

Facts:

About Macao:

• Macau is a special administrative region of China.It is an example of One Country,Two Systems.
• It is situated on the south-east coast of China near the mouth of the Pearl River.It is 60 kilometres from Hong Kong.
• Macau consists of the Macau peninsula and the two islands of Taipa and Coloane.
• The Macau retained its previous capitalist system and way of life rather than adopting the Chinese mainland’s socialist system.
• Macao also has a high degree of autonomy and enjoy executive, legislative and independent judicial power except in two areas namely foreign affairs and defense.
• But as part of China, Macao is under the leadership of the central government in China.

About One Country,Two Systems:

• The “One Country, Two Systems” principle was an idea that first came into existence in the 1970s. 
• In the early 1980s,the then Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping put forward the concept in an effort to realize the peaceful reunification of China.  
• According to Deng,there is only one China – under this premise the Chinese mainland adheres to the socialist system while Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan may retain their capitalist systems.