Ms. Liu Yufei, Director of the Consular Affairs Department of the Office of the Commissioner of MFA introduced consular protection and consular services to students
In order to promote fundamental rights and duties of Macao residents, the Nationality Law and consular protection and consular services to Macao university students, the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of People’s Republic of China in the Macao SAR (hereinafter called Office of the Commissioner of MFA), the Identification Services Bureau (hereinafter called DSI) and the University of Macao (hereinafter called UM) jointly held a seminar on “Fundamental Rights and Duties of Macao Residents, Nationality Law, Consular Protection and Consular Services” in the University of Macao on 27 March 2018, so as to enrich the knowledge of students on the relevant aspects.
The keynote speakers of the seminar were Ms. Liu Yufei, Director of the Consular Affairs Department of the Office of the Commissioner of MFA, and Mr. David Lau, Acting Head of Department of Residents Identification of DSI. In the seminar, Mr. David Lau introduced the composition of Macao Residents and their fundamental rights and duties, as well as the implementation of the Nationality Law in the Macao SAR. Ms. Liu Yufei not only introduced the main tasks of the Department of Consular Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in regard to consular protection and consular services, but also reminded students of doing proper preparation before going overseas and raising awareness of crisis when travelling abroad. At the same time, Ms. Liu also shared different cases in order to make students understand the importance of preventive consular protection and the work that MFA did to protect Chinese citizens overseas.
DSI will continue to cooperate closely with the Office of Commissioner of MFA and will keep on promoting the above-mentioned information to Macao residents through different channels and methods.