Highlights of top legislator's speech to mark 10th anniversary of Macao SAR Basic Law

BEIJING, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislator Wu Bangguo delivered a speech at a meeting here Friday, reviewing progress made in the past decade since the implementation of the Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) and calling for more efforts to sustain Macao's prosperity and stability.

The following are highlights of his speech:

The important inspiration drawn from the successful implementation of the Basic Law is that, to further implement the Basic Law and push forward the great practice of "one country, two systems", we must firmly grasp the following points:

-- Holding high the banner of loving motherland, loving Macao. This is a political guarantee for carrying out the Basic Law and pushing forward incessantly the great practice of "one country, two systems."

After Macao' s return to the motherland, Macao compatriots became the masters of both the nation and the region. They have enjoyed extensive rights of freedom and democracy. They displayed unprecedented passion of loving the motherland and loving Macao and threw themselves into the great practice of "one country, two systems," with brand new spirit.

-- Giving full play to relevant systems. This is a prerequisite requirement for carrying out the Basic Law and pushing forward incessantly the great practice of "one country, two systems."

Since the founding of the Macao SAR, it has strictly complied with the Basic Law and given a full play to the system regulated in the law. Firstly, it exercised a high degree of autonomy in line with the law and properly handled the relations with the central government. Secondly, it carried out the executive-dominated system in line with the law and carefully balanced the relations among the administration, legislature and law enforcement. The practice proved that the compatriots in Macao have the wisdom, ability and approaches to well administer, build and develop Macao.