Macao’s Basic Information

Located on the southeast coast of China and on the west coast of the Pearl River Estuary.
As of the first quarter of 2025, the total population was around 688,000 and the total employed population was around 372,000, 51% 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	Providing cross-border ferry services for passengers travelling between Macao and Mainland China.
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.
Relevant foreigners can cross the border by car at the Macao Port of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge
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 June 2025, the airport provided passenger flights to a total of 41 destinations, including Beijing, Hangzhou and Shanghai, as well as international cities like Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Seoul, Singapore, and Tokyo. Additionally, there are 17 cargo routes, covering cities including Doha, Houston, Istanbul, Kuala Lumpur, Madrid, Mexico City, and Nagoya.

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 2019, LRT 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 2023, the Taipa Line has been extended to Barra Station, marking the official connection of the LRT system between Taipa and Macao.
With the opening of the Seac Pai Van Line in November 2024, the Taipa Line now includes one more transfer station (Union Hospital Station), expanding the total length to 12.5 kilometres.
LRT Seac Pai Van Line is 1.6 km long, extending LRT services to the Seac Pai Van community.
LRT Hengqin Line, about 2.2 km long, was put into service in December 2024, extending LRT services to the Hengqin Port. By connecting Hengqin and Macao, it realised the rail transit connection between Macao and Mainland China.
And the LRT construction project for the East Line, which connects the Macao Peninsula to Taipa, is currently underway.

Convenient telecommunication service

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