国内英语资讯:China Focus: Premier Li starts Macao visit, vows support for local development_时事

国内英语资讯:China Focus: Premier Li starts Macao visit, vows support for local development

Premier Li Keqiang started his three-day inspection visit to the Macao Special Administrative Region on Monday, pledging support for the law-based administration of the SAR government and local development.

Li's plane touched down at the Macao International Airport around noon. He waved to officials and hundreds of representatives and children holding flowers and flags.

On landing, Li shook hands with Macao Chief Executive Chui Sai On and Ho Hau Wah, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, who is also a former chief executive of Macao.

In a brief speech at the airport, Li said it was his first visit to Macao and that he was happy to see the smiling children who are Macao's future. The premier passed on the sincere greetings and wishes of the central government to Macao compatriots.

"Today, I myself step on the treasured soil of the lotus flower of the motherland, also a land that has seen the successful practice of the 'one country, two systems' principle," Li said, adding that he hoped to see Macao's development, folk customs and daily life during his stay.

The premier said he would meet people from all walks of life during his trip.

He met with Chui Sai On and pledged full support for the law-based administration of the SAR government.

Over the past nearly 17 years since Macao returned to the motherland, the region has maintained political stability, economic prosperity and social harmony, completing a successful chapter in practicing the "one country, two systems" policy, said Li.