Rising research star ready to shine

A lesser known fact about Macao - a region heavily dependent on tourism - is that it has morphed into a rising star of the nation's technology development.

In some prioritized areas, such as the studies of traditional Chinese medicine and planetary science, Macao's research is now top level and rapidly approaching that of the international leaders in the field.

In the two decades since its return to the motherland, Macao has established four national-level laboratories carrying out research in TCM, planetary sciences, microelectronics and the internet of things.