Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai said that Director Xia Baolong’s speech at a seminar in Beijing yesterday comprehensively, deeply, and systematically elucidated the profound connotations and significance of President Xi Jinping’s series of important speeches during his inspection visit to Macau last month, providing “crucial guidance” for the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) Government’s advancement of various undertakings, according to a statement released by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS).
The National Association of Hong Kong and Macau Studies (NAHKMS) held yesterday a seminar in Beijing on studying and implementing the spirit of President Xi’s important speeches made at the celebration of the 25th Anniversary of Macau’s return to the motherland and the inauguration ceremony of the sixth-term MSAR government.
Sam attended a parallel session set up in Macau, to listen remotely, by video link, to the speech delivered by the Director of the Hong Kong and Macau Work Office (HKMWO) of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Director of the State Council’s Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office (HKMAO), Xia Baolong, at the seminar.
Sam said, according to the GCS statement, that President Xi’s visit to Macau from 18 to 20 December 2024 had provided a high-level perspective that clearly indicated the direction for Macau’s future development and also demonstrated high hopes for the MSAR. President Xi’s concern and care for Macau, his foresight on strategic planning for the great cause of the “One Country, Two Systems” principle, his detailed deployments regarding the development of various undertakings in the MSAR, and the insightfulness of his expectations for the new-term MSAR government, all served as tremendous encouragement and inspiration.
Studying and understanding the raft of important speeches by President Xi has been at present – and continues to be – of foremost importance for the MSAR, Sam was quoted as saying. The MSAR government and various sectors of civil society have been holding seminars and briefing sessions to study and understand the spirit of President Xi’s important speeches, Sam underlined.
Sam also said that Xia’s important speech delivered yesterday elucidated five key aspects of President Xi Jinping’s series of important speeches. They were: 1. the spirit and rich connotations of the judgement that “One Country, Two Systems” is a good system; 2. the contemporary and global significance of peace, inclusiveness, openness, and sharing values, inherent in “One Country, Two Systems”; 3. the “Four Principles” identified by President Xi for the advancement of the practice of “One Country, Two Systems” in a stable and far-reaching manner, addressing scientifically the theoretical and practical issues of “One Country, Two Systems”; 4. the provision of directions and guidance for the development of the Guangdong-Macau In-depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin and for the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA); and 5. the outline of the profound connotations of the vital mission of the practice of “One Country, Two Systems” in the new era, as proposed by President Xi.
Sam pledged that the sixth-term MSAR government will unite and lead all sectors of Macau in this new phase, to implement earnestly the spirit of President Xi’s important speeches. The government was committed to comprehensively advancing the practice of “One Country, Two Systems” with Macau characteristics, striving for new achievements in this regard, according to the statement.
Sam also said that the MSAR government would always maintain its confidence in the theory and institutional framework of the “One Country, Two Systems” principle, adding that the government will remain committed to promoting “the Macau story” in line with the great “One Country, Two Systems” principle, giving better play to the city’s exemplary role in this regard.
The statement also quoted Sam as saying that the government would spare no effort in advancing the MSAR’s various endeavours, apart from making full use of Macau’s unique status and advantages, so that it could play a greater role in fulfilling the significant mission it shoulders in the course of building China as a great country and in the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai (front, second from right), Central People’s Government Liaison Office in Macau Director Zheng Xincong (front, second from left), Foreign Ministry Commissioner Liu Xianfa (front, right) and Macau Legislative Assembly (AL) President Kou Hoi In (front, left) as well as other guests attend yesterday’s parallel session set up in Macau listening remotely by video link to the speech by Xia Baolong at yesterday’s seminar in Beijing. – Photo: GCS
