1844 On September 20th, Queen Maria II of Portugal of Portugal unilaterally declared Macao a "free port". 1849, Portugal stopped paying Macao land rent to China. 185 1 year, Portugal occupied taipa. 1864, Portugal reoccupied the road ring. 1883, the Portuguese reoccupied Wang Xia and Qingzhou. 1887, the then Portuguese government ordered the Qing government to sign the Draft Convention of the China-Portugal Conference and the Sino-Portuguese Treaty of Friendship and Trade, stipulating that "Portugal will permanently administer Macao, and the land belonging to Australia is no different from the Portuguese region". 1896, the Portuguese tried to occupy the nearby Qinheng Island again, but failed.
The Portuguese have always had privileges or special status in Macao, which makes the general residents dissatisfied. From1August 29th, 849, when Shen Zhiliang killed the Governor of Amazon, to1February 3rd, 966, when the Cultural Revolution and the Taipa School incident triggered "December 12th"? The "3" incident shows that the people are deeply dissatisfied with the privileges of the Portuguese in Macao. 1at the end of April 25th, 974, the Portuguese revolution was successful, and the new government implemented the policy of decolonization, recognizing that Macao was not a colony, but the territory of China.
Due to the insecurity and financial turmoil before the reunification, Macao's economy was almost at a standstill. From 1996 to 1999, it experienced four consecutive years of negative economic growth (up to -4.6%, 1998).
Since the return of 1999 to the motherland, the Macao SAR has implemented a series of effective measures to recover its economy from the negative growth for four consecutive years before the return. Driven by pillar industries such as gambling, tourism and finance, the overall economy has maintained a good growth momentum.