Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Macao Special Administrative Region

Coordinates: 22°11′39″N 113°32′59″E / 22.194237°N 113.549642°E / 22.194237; 113.549642

Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Macao Special Administrative Region

中央人民政府駐澳門特別行政區聯絡辦公室 Gabinete de Ligação do Governo Central na Região Administrativa Especial de Macau
Agency overview
Formed	18 January 2000
Preceding agency	Xinhua News Agency
Jurisdiction	Macau
Agency executives	Li Gang[1], Director Chen Sixi[2], Vice Director Qiu Hong, Vice Director
Website	zlb.gov.cn (Chinese)

Liaison Office in Macau officially known as the Central People's Government Liaison Office of the Macao Special Administrative Region (Chinese: 中央人民政府駐澳門特別行政區聯絡辦公室 (abbreviated: Chinese: 聯絡辦公室); Portuguese: Gabinete de Ligação do Governo Central na RAEM) is the representative office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China (CPG) in Macau.^[3] Its counterpart body in Mainland China is the Office of the Macau Special Administrative Region in Beijing.

It is one of the three agencies of the Central People's Government in the Macao Special Administrative Region. The other two are the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China in the Macao Special Administrative Region and the People's Liberation Army Macau Garrison.

History

The office was established on January 18, 2000. This superseded the former branch of the Xinhua News Agency. The office is located in Xinhua Building; located in the southern foothills of the Guia Hill. The new building opened on January 16, 2010 at Freguesia da Sé.^[4][5]

When Macau was under Portuguese administration, the People's Republic of China was unofficially represented by the Nanguang trading company.^[6] This later became known as China Central Enterprise Nam Kwong (Group).^[7] Established in 1949, officially to promote trade ties between Macau and mainland China, it operated as the unofficial representative and "shadow government" of the People's Republic in relation to the Portuguese administration.^[8]

It also served to challenge the rival "Special Commissariat of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China" in the territory, which represented the Kuomintang government on Taiwan.^[8] This was closed after the pro-Communist 12-3 incident in 1966, after which the Portuguese authorities agreed to ban all Kuomintang activities in Macau.^[9] Following the Carnation Revolution, Portugal redefined Macau as a "Chinese territory under Portuguese administration" in 1976.^[10] However, Lisbon did not establish diplomatic relations with Beijing until 1979.^[11]

In 1984, Nam Kwong was split into political and trading arms.^[12] On 21 September 1987, a Macau branch of Xinhua News Agency was established which, as in Hong Kong, became Beijing's unofficial representative, replacing Nam Kwong.^[13] On 18 January 2000, a month after the transfer of sovereignty over Macau, the Macau branch became the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Macau Special Administrative Region.^[14]

Administration

1. Zhou Ding
2. Guo Dongpo
3. Wang Qiren
4. Bai Zhijian ^[15]

See also

• Office of the Macau Special Administrative Region in Beijing
• Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
• One Country, Two Systems

References

External links

• Official website

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