In 1553, Portuguese colonists bribed local officials in Guangdong to occupy part of Macau's land on a lease basis.

This is the first piece of land that Western colonialists have illegally occupied for a long time in China.

However, China still has official offices in Macau and has sovereignty.

On December 1, 1887, Yi Kuang, the Prime Minister of the Qing government, and Luo Sha, the Portuguese plenipotentiary, formally signed the Treaty of Peace and Trade in Beijing, and exchanged ratifications on the same day.

Article 54 of the Treaty ***, the main content is: China still allows Portugal to permanently station and manage Macao and the territories belonging to Macao; Portugal can send envoys to Beijing and set up consuls at treaty ports; Portugal obtains consular jurisdiction; the Portuguese

You can enjoy the trade privileges that China has given or will give to other countries, such as living in treaty ports, renting and buying land, building houses, setting up inns, churches, hospitals, etc.

Through this commercial treaty, Portugal affirmed its status in Macau and at the same time achieved the same privileged status in China as other Western countries.

In 1928, the Chinese National Government officially announced that the Sino-Portuguese Treaty of Peace and Trade signed on December 1, 1887 was invalid.

Therefore, Portugal's occupation of Macau has long lost the basis of the treaty.

Therefore, it is natural for China to take back all sovereignty of Macau at the appropriate time.

In April 1974, the Portuguese domestic revolution was successful. The new government implemented decolonization policies and recognized that Macau was not a colony, but a territory of China.

China and Portugal formally established diplomatic relations on February 8, 1979.

The agreement reached by the two parties stated that Macau is Chinese territory and is currently managed by the Portuguese government. The time and details of the return will be negotiated and resolved by the two governments at an appropriate time.

In 1985, the leaders of China and Portugal believed that the time was ripe for negotiation to resolve the Macau issue, and agreed to hold formal diplomatic negotiations the following year.

In March 1987, China and Portugal held the fourth round of negotiations on the Macau issue in Beijing. On the 26th, the two sides initialed a joint statement.

On April 13, 1987, the Prime Ministers of the Chinese and Portuguese governments formally signed the "Joint Statement on the Macao Issue between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of Portugal" and two annexes in Beijing on behalf of the two countries.

The joint statement stated that the Government of the People's Republic of China will resume the exercise of sovereignty over Macau on December 20, 1999.

Extended information: Macau (Portuguese Macau, English Macao), referred to as "Macao", the full name is the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is located on the southeast coast of mainland China, on the west bank of the Pearl River Delta, adjacent to Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province to the north.

It faces Wan Chai and Hengqin in Zhuhai City to the west, Hong Kong across the sea to the east, 60 kilometers apart, and the South China Sea to the south.

It consists of the Macau Peninsula, Taipa Island and Coloane Island, with a land area of ??32.8 square kilometers and a total population of 656,000 (as of March 2018).

In 1553, the Portuguese obtained the right of residence in Macau. On December 1, 1887, Portugal and the Qing government signed the "Draft Treaty of the Sino-Portuguese Conference" and the "Sino-Portuguese Peace and Trade Treaty", formally occupying Macau through the formalities of diplomatic documents and will

This was established as a colony.

On December 20, 1999, the Chinese government resumed the exercise of sovereignty over Macau.

After more than 100 years of collision between Eastern and Western cultures, Macau has become a unique city, leaving behind a large number of historical and cultural relics.

The Historic Center of Macau officially became a United Nations World Cultural Heritage on July 15, 2005.

Macau is an international free port. It is one of the regions with the highest population density in the world and one of the four major gambling cities in the world. It implements a capitalist system.

Its famous light industry, tourism, hotel industry and entertainment venues have made Macau prosperous and become one of the most developed and wealthy regions in the world.

In 2017, Macau's GDP recorded 404.20 billion patacas.

[2] On October 31, 2017, UNESCO included Macao in the Global Gastronomic, Cultural and Creative Cities Network.