China News Service, Macau, January 21. The Chief Executive of the Macau Special Administrative Region, Ho Iat Seng, issued a New Year's greeting on the 21st, wishing all Macau residents and friends who have always cared and supported Macau's development, and hoped to strive to create the practice of "one country, two systems" with Macau characteristics. new situation.

  He Yicheng said in his congratulatory message that looking back on the past year, Macao faced the challenges of repeated epidemics and economic downturn. With the strong support and care of the central government, the SAR government effectively coordinated the work of epidemic prevention and control and economic recovery and development, and all residents watched and helped each other. , All sectors of society worked together to resist the huge impact of the epidemic, steadily promoted the revision of the Macau National Security Law, completed the revision of the gaming law and the new round of gaming management rights, and the construction of the Hengqin Guangdong-Macao Deep Cooperation Zone has achieved phased results. Macao's overall economic and social situation remains stable.

  He said that looking forward to the new year, the haze of the epidemic is gradually dissipating, and personnel exchanges between Macao and the mainland have been normalized.

With the gradual implementation of the investment and development plans of the new round of gaming operation contracting companies, and the implementation of various policies and measures of the central government to support the development of Macau, multiple favorable factors are emerging, which will surely inject new and powerful impetus into the development of Macau.

  He Yicheng continued that this year is the first year to fully implement the spirit of the 20th CPC National Congress.

The SAR government will thoroughly implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, strengthen confidence, implement sound governance, focus on promoting economic recovery, accelerate economic diversification, solidly promote the construction of Hengqin Shenzhen Cooperation Zone, optimize social and people's livelihood, deepen public administration reform, and unswervingly safeguard the country's Safety.

Effectively solve the deep-rooted contradictions and problems in economic and social development, give full play to its own advantages and characteristics, better integrate into national development, and strive to create a new situation in the practice of "one country, two systems" with Macao characteristics.

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