Chief Executive of China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) Sam Hou Fai delivered the 2025 fiscal year policy address on Monday.
The address outlined the overall policy direction, which is to enhance diversification, improve people's livelihood, strengthen governance, and integrate into the overall national development.
Sam delivered his first policy address at the Legislative Assembly. He stated that the new SAR government will work closely with all sectors of society and the public to pursue innovative development and usher in a new chapter for Macao.
He noted strengthening coordination mechanisms as a key initiative in the government's effort to reform administration and improve governance capacity, elaborating that the government has established six leadership groups and working groups to coordinate the advancement of major cross-sectoral affairs.
Sam also pointed out that Hengqin is key to unlock Macao's appropriate economic diversification.
"The current (Macao SAR) government will prioritize the high-quality realization of the second-phase development goals for the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin as a key mission. With Macao-Hengqin integration as the objective and institutional innovation as the breakthrough point, we will take bold and innovative measures to vigorously advance the construction of the cooperation zone, striving to achieve tangible and substantive progress with visible results," he said.
In his address, Sam set forth the government's primary expectations for 2025, which are to consolidate economic recovery, improve employment conditions, deepen administrative reform, and pursue deeper integration into national development.
He said that infrastructure connectivity within the Greater Bay Area will be further enhanced, and Macao will further enrich its role as a platform between China and Portuguese-speaking countries.
Sam said the SAR government will move forward with several major infrastructure projects, including an international education (university) city, the Macao international integrated tourism and cultural zone, an international aviation hub along the Pearl River, and a science and technology research and development industrial park.
Macao SAR chief executive delivers 1st policy address
Macao SAR chief executive delivers 1st policy address
