Macao to further participate in building Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, BRI: chief executive

China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) would further participate in building the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in a practical and orderly manner, Macao SAR Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng said on Sunday.

Efforts would be made to continuously enhance Macao's role of facilitating the country's domestic circulation and linking the domestic and international "dual circulation," Ho said at a reception marking the 21st anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland.

China has unveiled its "dual circulation" development pattern, where internal and external markets can reinforce each other, with the domestic market as the mainstay.

During the past year, in the face of the COVID-19 epidemic, the Macao SAR had implemented strict prevention and control policies, leaving no deaths and achieving high recovery rates, Ho said.

Macao would further its epidemic control efforts in the coming year while adopting active fiscal policies and timely measures to push for economic recovery, provide targeted support for small and medium-sized enterprises, ensure employment, and achieve pluralistic development of the local economy, he noted.