Chinese President Xi Jinping has exchanges with citizens at the Government Services Center in Areia Preta, south China's Macao, Dec. 19, 2019.
Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks after watching a Chinese history class themed "'one country, two systems' and Macao" at the Premier School Affiliated to Hou Kong Middle School, in south China's Macao, Dec. 19, 2019.
MACAO, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping Thursday acknowledged the progress made by Macao since its return to the motherland in advancing the building of a service platform for China-Portuguese-speaking Countries (PSCs) commercial and trade cooperation.
After almost a year's development, China's ambitious Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has been gradually taking shape and injecting fresh momentum to the two special administrative regions (SAR), industry observers said. They noted that the area, with smoother movements of people and resources, is on a path to rival other major bay areas in the world.