The Chief Executive, Mr Chui Sai On concluded his duty visit and reported that President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao had affirmed the SAR Government's work in 2011. Mr Hu and Mr Wen had respectively received Mr Chui today in Beijing. The Chief Executive said Mr Hu and Mr Wen had particularly hoped the government should be more concerned on several aspects: (1) due to the overall economic situation in 2012, the government should manage finance matters with security in order to reduce risk; (2) the government should intensify the work on improving people's livelihood; and (3) the government should accelerate the pace of economic diversification. According to China's 12th Five-Year Plan, Macao has been positioned as the world's tourism and leisure centre and as the business and trading service platform for China and the Portuguese-speaking countries; the SAR Government would fully carry out these two missions, said Mr Chui. He stressed that Macao has become a tourist destination and has engaged into the international market, the government is confident to build Macao as the world's tourism and leisure centre. On its function as a service platform for China and the Portuguese-speaking countries, Mr Chui said that in the near future, the government would organise business delegations from the Portuguese-speaking countries to participate commercial and trading activities, such as fairs in the Mainland. On the other hand, the government would also organise business delegations from the Mainland to visit Portuguese-speaking countries to promote their goods and products, as well as to participate the international trading activities, said Mr Chui. The Chief Executive also said that the government has placed great hope in regional co-operation to diversify Macao's economy and he said he has confidence in achieving this. In response to media questions about constitutional development, Mr Chui re-iterated that the government is waiting a reply from the NPC Standing Committee and will announce the result to the public shortly.
