Macao Basic Law

Macao Basic Law
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	Trung hoa nhân dân cộng hòa quốc úc môn đặc biệt hành chính khu cơ bổn pháp
Simplified Chinese	Trung hoa nhân dân cộng hòa quốc úc môn đặc biệt hành chính khu cơ bổn pháp
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Àomén Tèbiéxíngzhèngqū Jīběnfǎ Yue: Cantonese Jyutping zung1 waa4 jan4 man4 gung6 wo4 gwok3 ou3 mun4*2 dak6 bit6 hang4 zing3 keoi1 gei1 bun2 faat3
Portuguese name
Portuguese	Lei Básica da Região Administrativa Especial de Macau da República Popular da China

TheBasic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China(Chinese:Trung hoa nhân dân cộng hòa quốc úc môn đặc biệt hành chính khu cơ bổn pháp,Portuguese:Lei Básica da Região Administrativa Especial de Macau da República Popular da China) is theorganic lawthat establishes theMacau Special Administrative Region,replacing theEstatuto Orgânico de Macau.It was adopted on 31 March 1993 by China'sNational People's Congressand promulgated by PresidentJiang Zemin;it came into effect on 20 December 1999, following thetransfer of sovereignty over Macaufrom Portugal to China.

In accordance with Article 31 of theConstitution of the People's Republic of China,Macau has special administrative region status, which provides constitutional guarantees for implementing the policy of "one country, two systems"and the constitutional basis for enacting the Basic Law of the Macau Special Administrative Region. The Macau Special Administrative Region is directly under the authority of thecentral government of ChinainBeijing,which controls theforeign policyanddefenseof Macau but otherwise grants the region a "high degree ofautonomy."

See also

• Basic law
• Hong Kong Basic Law
• Macau security law

External links

• Government website about the basic law:in Chineseandin Portuguese
• Full text
  • Official texts in Macau's official languages:in Chineseandin Portuguesevia the Government Printing Bureau's official website
  • English translations:Government Printing Bureau's official websiteandUniversity of Macau translation

• Harald Brüning: 10 anos de Lei Básica. Revista Macau, Maio 2003, III Série No. 14.ISSN0871-004X