During the meeting, Xi heard a report from Ho on Macau's current situation and the MSAR government's work.
Xi said that over the past year, Ho has led the SAR government in exercising governance in a prudent and solid way while maintaining overall social stability.
Ho has also led the MSAR government in steadily advancing the amendments to the law on safeguarding national security in Macau, appropriately handling the revision to local gaming laws and a new round of gaming concession tendering, and making solid progress in the building of the Guangdong-Macau In-depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin, Xi added.
The central authorities fully acknowledge the work that Ho and the MSAR government have done, Xi said.
He stressed that the central authorities will fully, faithfully and resolutely implement the "One Country, Two Systems" policy, and support the MSAR in giving full play to its advantages, striving to break new ground of the practice of "One Country, Two Systems" with Macau characteristics, and making new and greater contributions to building a modern socialist country on all fronts.
Han Zheng, Ding Xuexiang, Xia Baolong and others attended the meeting.
Ho returned to Macau on Saturday night. His duty visit to Beijing lasted four days and came after the MSAR celebrated the 23rd anniversary of its return to the motherland on December 20.
– Xinhua, MPD
President Xi Jinping (right)poses with Chief Executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region (MSAR) Ho Iat Seng, who was on a duty visit to Beijing, during their meeting on Friday. – Xinhua
