1 at 0: 00 on February 20th, 1999, witnessed by the heads of state of China and Portugal, Wei Qili, the 27th Governor of Macao, and He Houhua, the1Chief Executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region, handed over the Macao regime at the handover ceremony venue of the new Macao port. On the morning of 2 1, PLA troops stationed in Macao entered Macao; At this point, People's Republic of China (PRC) officially resumed the exercise of sovereignty over Macao.

20 15 12 16 the the State Council executive meeting adopted the administrative division map of the People's Republic of China (PRC) special administrative region, which will come into effect on February 20th, 20001565438. 199965438+On February 20th, the State Council promulgated the Administrative Region Map of People's Republic of China (PRC) (People's Republic of China (PRC)) Special Administrative Region, which shall be abolished at the same time.

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Although China considered taking back Macao earlier than Hong Kong, at the same time, it was later than Hong Kong, but the premise was that it should be no later than 1999 in the 20th century. In the negotiations, China's position tends to be consistent, and it tends to recover Macao after the return of Hong Kong 1998. For its own benefit or facing problems, Portugal hopes that the sooner the better. One of the reasons put forward by Portugal is to give Macao a longer transition period.

Portugal proposed to China that it hoped to return it to Macau on the last day of 1999, namely, 65438+February 3 1 day. Our country's negotiator said that it is too close to the New Year now, and in Hong Kong and Macao, local residents have the habit of Christmas, so it is best to hand over power before the holidays of Christmas and New Year. In this way, in order to let Macao compatriots have a safe and secure holiday, Portugal finally agreed to China's proposition that the China government will resume the exercise of sovereignty over Macao before Christmas on February 20, 65438. "

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