With the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays approaching, young Macao residents have extended their heartfelt wishes for their motherland's prosperity and a brighter future for Macao.
The city's main streets and public spaces are adorned with fluttering five-star red flags, creating a jubilant and celebratory atmosphere.
"As a young Macao resident, I am deeply honored to join the new Legislative Assembly. Moving forward, I will work closely with my team to focus our efforts particularly in actively fulfilling our responsibilities. We are committed to leading the residents of Macao in concentrating our energy on driving economic development and advancing construction. Together, we will contribute our share as Macao's youth to the nation's rejuvenation and the building of a stronger China," said Loi I Weng, vice president of the Women's General Association of Macao and a member-elect of the eighth Legislative Assembly of Macao.
"The successful implementation of 'one country, two systems' has enabled Macao to develop amid stability and progress through openness. We are all sincerely grateful for our motherland's protection and empowerment. As Macao youth, we are not only witnesses of these achievements but also inheritors of this legacy. Our motherland has provided us with a broader stage, and we will continue to dedicate our youthful efforts to better integrate Macao into the nation's overall development. I sincerely wish our great motherland ever-greater prosperity and a brighter future for Macao!" said young Macao resident Ouyang Mingcong.
"This year's Sept 3 military parade has once again demonstrated to the world a strong China that loves peace. All this has made the residents of Macao, especially the younger generation, more aware that our motherland remains our strongest backing. I wish our country prosperity and the people peace and contentment. May Macao, as the beloved jewel of our motherland, continue to shine brightly," said Li Qianmin, another young Macao resident.
Young Macao residents send best wishes to motherland ahead of National Day
China will take further steps to expand high-standard opening-up and create a new landscape of win-win cooperation in 2026, which marks the start of the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030), Commerce Minister Wang Wentao said in a recent interview with China Media Group.
Wang said opening up and cooperation for mutual benefit are integral to Chinese modernization. This year, China will actively expand voluntary opening up.
The country will steadily open up such areas as value-added telecommunications, biotechnology and wholly foreign-owned hospitals, while accelerating comprehensive pilot and demonstration programs for expanded opening-up in the services sector, he noted.
"We will expand the scope and regions of unilateral opening-up and ensure the implementation of zero-tariff treatment on 100 percent of tariff lines for all African countries that have diplomatic relations with China. We will vigorously promote the effective implementation of policies for special customs operations of the Hainan Free Trade Port, further enhance the level of trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, optimize the regional layout and coverage of pilot free trade zones, and support these zones in carrying out more robust institutional opening-up trials in areas such as market access, environmental standards and government procurement, so as to better leverage their role as comprehensive pilot platforms for reform and opening-up," said Wang.
Wang said China will promote the orderly planning of cross-border industrial and supply chains.
Efforts will be made to deepen economic and trade cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative, enhance integration and connectivity across production and supply chains, and encourage cooperation in areas including green development, the digital economy, green minerals, new infrastructure and new energy so as to help build global production and supply chain partnerships that are equal, inclusive and constructive, he noted.
"We will give play to the platform role of overseas economic and trade cooperation zones, expand overseas marketing networks and explore international markets through outward investment, achieve mutual promotion between investment and trade, and advance the integrated development of trade and investment. We will also improve the overseas comprehensive service system and the national-level overseas comprehensive service platform," said the minister.
In addition, China will participate constructively in global economic governance, according to the minister.
In 2026, Wang said, China will pursue flexible and pragmatic approaches to negotiate trade and investment agreements with more willing countries and regions, while strengthening economic and trade cooperation under multilateral frameworks such as BRICS, G20 and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, to further promote mutual benefit and win-win outcomes.
China to expand high-standard opening-up to foster win-win cooperation: minister
