When did the Portuguese live in Macau?

In 553, the Portuguese began to live in Macao. 1 887 65438+February1day, Portugal and the Qing government signed the Draft Convention of the Sino-Portuguese Conference and the Sino-Portuguese Treaty of Reconciliation and Trade, and formally occupied Macao through the formalities of diplomatic documents, which became the first territory of European countries in East Asia (counting from 1553).

From 1557, the Portuguese sought the right of abode in Macao in the Ming Dynasty, but the Ming government still set up a yamen here, which was directly under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province. It was not until 1887 that the Portuguese government and the Qing government signed the Sino-Portuguese Reconciliation and Trade Treaty (which expired in 1928), that Macao became a Portuguese colony.

At first, the Portuguese were confined to the south of Macao. 1623, the Portuguese government appointed Marcelo as the first governor of Macao. Macao is famous for its cultural exchanges between China and the West in history. At the end of Ming Dynasty and the beginning of Qing Dynasty, the spread of western learning to the east played an important role in this area and once had a great impact on the operation of the world economy.

103, Deng Xiaoping publicly proposed for the first time to solve the Macao issue left over from history with the principle of "one country, two systems". From 65438 to 0986, the Chinese and Portuguese governments started four rounds of negotiations on the Macao issue.

From 65438 to 0986, the Chinese and Portuguese governments started four rounds of negotiations on the Macao issue. 1987, the two prime ministers signed the Joint Statement of People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Portuguese Republic on Macao and its two annexes in Beijing. The joint statement said that Macao is the territory of China, and People's Republic of China (PRC) will resume the exercise of sovereignty over Macao on February 20th. China promised to implement one country, two systems for Macao, and ensured that Macao people enjoyed the right of "a high degree of autonomy and Macao people ruling Macao".

1On March 3, 9931,the National People's Congress passed the Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region in Beijing. Before 1999, it was the territory of China under Portuguese rule, and the sovereignty of Macao belonged to China.