Chen Duo, Senior Researcher and Director General, Hong Kong and Macao Research Institute Translated by Li Yong
At the turn of the new century, Macao was returned to China after over 400 years of colonization. Macao has now become the jewel in southern China's crown, a famous, modern, international and metropolitan city where history and culture merge.
In the past few decades, Macao has had many outstanding achievements which have brought about profound changes in its economy, society and culture and laid good foundations for further developments in the new century. Macao is one of the few free trade ports and independent tariff zones in the Far East.