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Cantonese</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Jyutping" title="Jyutping">Jyutping</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Yue Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="yue-Latn">zung1 waa4 jan4 man4 gung6 wo4 gwok3 ou3 mun4*2 dak6 bit6 hang4 zing3 keoi1 gei1 bun2 faat3</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de;">Portuguese name</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_language" title="Portuguese language">Portuguese</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">Lei Básica da Região Administrativa Especial de Macau da República Popular da China</i></span></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China</b> (<a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh">中華人民共和國澳門特別行政區基本法</span>, <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_language" title="Portuguese language">Portuguese</a>: <i lang="pt">Lei Básica da Região Administrativa Especial de Macau da República Popular da China</i>) is the <a href="/wiki/Organic_law" title="Organic law">organic law</a> that establishes the <a href="/wiki/Macau" title="Macau">Macau Special Administrative Region</a>, replacing the <a href="/wiki/Estatuto_Org%C3%A2nico_de_Macau" class="mw-redirect" title="Estatuto Orgânico de Macau">Estatuto Orgânico de Macau</a>. It was adopted on 31 March 1993 by China's <a href="/wiki/National_People%27s_Congress" title="National People's Congress">National People's Congress</a> and promulgated by President <a href="/wiki/Jiang_Zemin" title="Jiang Zemin">Jiang Zemin</a>; it came into effect on 20 December 1999, following the <a href="/wiki/Handover_of_Macau" title="Handover of Macau">handover of Macau</a> from Portugal to China. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Macao_Basic_Law&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In accordance with Article 31 of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Constitution of the People's Republic of China">Constitution of the People's Republic of China</a>, Macau has special administrative region status, which provides constitutional guarantees for implementing the policy of "<a href="/wiki/One_country,_two_systems" title="One country, two systems">one country, two systems</a>" 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 the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of the People's Republic of China">central government of China</a> in <a href="/wiki/Beijing" title="Beijing">Beijing</a>, which controls the <a href="/wiki/Foreign_policy" title="Foreign policy">foreign policy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Defense_(military)" class="mw-redirect" title="Defense (military)">defense</a> of Macau but otherwise grants the region a "high degree of <a href="/wiki/Autonomy" title="Autonomy">autonomy</a>." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure">Structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Macao_Basic_Law&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Preamble</li> <li>Chapter I: General Principles</li> <li>Chapter II: Relationship between the Central Authorities and the Macao Special Administrative Region</li> <li>Chapter III: Fundamental Rights and Duties of the Residents</li> <li>Chapter IV Political Structure <ul><li>Section 1: The Chief Executive</li> <li>Section 2: The Executive Authorities</li> <li>Section 3: The Legislature</li> <li>Section 4: The Judiciary</li> <li>Section 5: Municipal Organs</li> <li>Section 6: Public Servants</li> <li>Section 7: Swearing Allegiance</li></ul></li> <li>Chapter V: Economy</li> <li>Chapter VI: Culture and Social Affairs</li> <li>Chapter VII: External Affairs</li> <li>Chapter VIII: Interpretation and Amendment of the Basic Law</li> <li>Chapter IX: Supplementary Provisions</li> <li>Annex I: Method for the Selection of the Chief Executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region</li> <li>Annex II: Method for the Formation of the Legislative Council of the Macao Special Administrative Region</li> <li>Annex III: National Laws to Be Applied in the Macao Special Administrative Region</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Amendment">Amendment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Macao_Basic_Law&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Amendment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Article 144 sets out the amendment process, similar to the Basic Law of Hong Kong, and gives the <a href="/wiki/National_People%27s_Congress" title="National People's Congress">National People's Congress</a> the sole power to amend it. Amendments can be proposed by either the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, the State Council, or Macau. For Macau to propose amendments, the amendments first need the consent of two-thirds of the deputies of Macau to the National People's Congress, two-thirds of all the members of the Legislative Assembly and the Chief Executive. All proposals needs to be reviewed by the Committee for the Basic Law of the Macau Special Administrative Region, and no amendments can "contravene the established basic policies of the People's Republic of China regarding Macau". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Annexes_I_and_II">Annexes I and II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Macao_Basic_Law&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Annexes I and II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to Annexes I and II of the Basic Law, amendments could be made to the methods for selecting the chief executive and forming the Legislative Council for the terms subsequent to the year 2009 with the endorsement of a two-thirds majority of all the members of the <a href="/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_Macau" title="Legislative Assembly of Macau">Legislative Assembly</a> and the consent of the <a href="/wiki/Chief_Executive_of_Macau" title="Chief Executive of Macau">Chief Executive</a>. Amendments should then be reported to the <a href="/wiki/Standing_Committee_of_the_National_People%E2%80%99s_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress">NPCSC</a> for approval. 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