Macao

• Located on the southeast coast of China and on the west coast of the Pearl River Estuary.
• As of the third quarter of 2024, the total population was around 687,000 and the total employed population was around 379,000, 50.2% of them have received higher education, indicating that the city has reached the level of developed regions in Asia in this aspect. 
• Located in the East Asian monsoon region, it is hot and rainy in summer, sunny and fresh in autumn, and dry and fairly cold in winter.
• In addition to Chinese, Portuguese is also used by the executive, legislative and judicial authorities and is also named an official language of Macao. Cantonese is used on a daily basis, and English is widely used in trade, tourism and commerce.

Macao is equipped with comprehensive infrastructure, extensive and efficient air, land and marine transport networks

1. Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal	Providing cross-border ferry services for passengers travelling between Macao, Hong Kong and Mainland China.
2. Taipa Ferry Terminal
3. Inner Harbour Ferry Terminal
4. Governor Nobre de Carvalho Bridge	Macao Peninsula, Taipa and Coloane are connected with four bridges and a landfill area
5. Amizade Bridge
6. Sai Van Bridge
7. Macao Bridge
8. Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge	The 55-kilometre-long Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge is a sea crossing connecting Hong Kong, Macao and Zhuhai, through which travellers can shuttle between between Macao and the Hong Kong International Airport and Macao in less than 30 minutes.
9. Border Gate
10. Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Macao Port	Joint Inspection and One-Time Release mode is implemented
11. Macao Port Zone of Hengqin Port
12. New Guangdong-Macao Crossing Point (Qingmao Checkpoint)

Macau International Airport

• As of the end of October 2024, the airport provided passenger flights to a total of 43 destinations, covering major cities in Mainland China, such as Beijing, Hangzhou and Shanghai, as well as international cities, such as Tokyo, Singapore, Bangkok, Seoul and Kuala Lumpur. The airport also provided 16 cargo flight routes, serving cities including Doha in Qatar, Kota Kinabalu and Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, and Istanbul in Turkey.

Macao Light Rapid Transit (LRT)

• Macao Light Rapid Transit (LRT) system is the first rail transit system in Macao, and the LRT lines include Taipa Line, Taipa-Barra Extended Line, Seac Pai Van Line, East Line and Hengqin Extended Line.
• Officially opened in December 2019, the 9.3-kilometre-long Taipa Line serves stations spanning major residential communities, old villages and tourist areas in the centre of Taipa. It also connects to the border ports. 
• Since December 2023, the service of Taipa Line has been extended to Barra Station, marking the official connection of the LRT system between Taipa and Macao.

  The Union Hospital Station linking Taipa Line and Seac Pai Van Line opened to the public on 1 September 2024. Seac Pai Van Line officially opened to traffic on 1 November 2024, with a total length of 1.6 kilometres, extending LRT services to the Seac Pai Van community.

• LRT construction projects for the other lines are currently underway

Convenient telecommunication service

• Telecommunication services have been constantly improved, including international communications and Internet.