Skip navigation

Majority of opinions on Five-Year Development Plan proposal show support


More than 80 percent of the approximately 10,800 opinions the Government had received from the public on the proposal for Macao’s first Five-Year Development Plan showed support for the programme, the Policy Research Office said. The Government received a total of 4,268 submissions – featuring 10,802 opinions – during the two-month long consultation period on the proposal for the Five-Year Development Plan. The consultation period ended on 30 June. The Policy Research Office said more than 5,700 opinions – or 53 percent of the total – were focused on livelihood issues. A total of 2,189 comments – accounting for 20.3 percent of the 10,802 opinions expressed – related to the future development of Macao. A total of 1,020 comments – or 9.4 percent of the opinions given – were on governance issues. A total of 982 opinions – or 9.1 percent of opinions given – related to strategic development. A further 859 opinions – or 8.0 percent – were deemed “uncategorised”. During the two-month consultation period, the Government held a total of 41 sessions – attended by more than 3,800 representatives from different sectors – in order to enable people to give their comments regarding the proposal. Those consulted included: Macao’s delegates to the 12th National People’s Congress and to the 12th Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference; members of the Chief Executive Election Committee; members of the Government’s consultative bodies; and representatives of 122 associations and other bodies. The Five-Year Development Plan outlines proposals for the city’s social and economic development for the period 2016 to 2020.



All information on this site is based on the official language of the Macao Special Administrative Region. The English version is the translation from the Chinese originals and is provided for reference only. If you find that some of the contents do not have an English version, please refer to the Traditional Chinese or Portuguese versions.