Deputy Director General Yao Jin of the Liaison Office Spoke on “One Country Two Systems” with Macao Characteristics at CityU
Yesterday (14th), Yao Jin, Deputy Director General of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Macao Special Administrative Region spoke as the keynote speaker on “ ‘One Country Two Systems’ with Macao Characteristics” at the high-end academic seminar held at the City University of Macau.
Deputy Director General Yao started his speech by looking at the history of Macao. He guided students through the birth and development of the Basic Law, told them the efforts made by successive leaders before the return of sovereignty of Macao in political, economic, cultural and system development and talked about the great idea of “One Country Two Systems” with Macao characteristics. By drawing on his years of experience of working in Macao, Deputy Director General Yao gave an in-depth explanation of the implementation of “One Country Two Systems” in Macao in an easily understandable manner, pointing out also the need to firmly establish the authority of the Constitution and the Basic Law in Macao and strengthen the glorious sense of mission and undeniable sense of responsibility among young people in Macao. He cited a large amount of historical facts and documents to help teachers and students understand the important historical status of Macao and the feelings for it, gave vivid examples of the implementation of “One Country Two Systems” in Macao and Macao’s participation in the overall national development, demonstrated the embodiment of “one country, two systems” and “the people of Macao governing Macao, a high degree of autonomy”, looked back at the great achievements of Macao since the return of sovereignty and puts forward the prospects for the in-depth cooperation of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and Hengqin-Macao cooperation.
This seminar is one of the series of academic activity for the 40th anniversary of CityU, an important academic salon for graduate students of the Macau "One Belt One Road" Research Center and an important part of the Constitutional and Basic Law course offered by the General Education Department. Acting Rector Kong Fanqing, Vice Rector Zhou Wanlei, Pro-Rector Wicky So of CityU as well as over 300 teachers and students attended the seminar.
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Source: Constitutional and Basic Law
