Macao to strengthen links to nation's development

The Macao Special Administrative Region will fully participate in the nation's new round of reform and opening-up, and leverage the city's unique advantages to meet the country's needs, Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai-on said on Thursday.

Chui made the pledge in an address at a ceremony in Macao celebrating the city's 19th anniversary of returning to the motherland.

Chui said the SAR will unleash its institutional advantage provided by the "one country, two systems" principle, strength in tourism and ties with Portuguese-speaking countries to bolster its comprehensive participation in the Belt and Road Initiative and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.