China News Agency, Macau, December 31 (Reporter Long Tuyou) The Chief Executive of the Macau Special Administrative Region He Yicheng delivered a congratulatory message on the 31st of New Year's Day 2021 to extend holiday greetings and New Year blessings to all residents of Macau and friends who work and live in Macau.
In his congratulatory speech, He Yicheng pointed out that 2020 is a particularly difficult year. The new crown pneumonia epidemic sweeping the world has brought an unprecedented impact and test to Macau.
Under the severe epidemic situation, the SAR government has taken a series of epidemic prevention and anti-epidemic measures in a timely and decisive manner, effectively curbing the spread of the epidemic and achieving better staged epidemic prevention results.
He Yicheng said that in the past year, the Macao SAR has worked together to overcome the difficulties.
The SAR government has introduced a series of relief measures, focusing on stabilizing the economy, ensuring employment and people's livelihood, and striving to help enterprises and residents tide over the difficulties.
All sectors of society have demonstrated the fine tradition of watching and helping each other and the spirit of striving for self-improvement.
The overall social and economic situation is stable, new progress has been made in various undertakings, and people's livelihood has gradually improved.
Looking forward to next year, He Yicheng pointed out that opportunities and challenges coexist, difficulties and hopes coexist.
It is necessary to give full play to Macao’s unique advantages, actively participate in the “dual cycle” of the national economy, participate in the promotion of high-quality development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the “One Belt and One Road” construction, and actively integrate into the overall situation of national development; continue to optimize the construction of people’s livelihood, ensure the employment of residents, and order Solve the problems of residential housing, transportation, medical care, etc.; maintain the overall stability of the SAR and ensure the smooth completion of the election of the seventh legislative council.
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