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Administrative divisions none (special administrative region of China)
Constitution Basic Law, approved on 31 March 1993 by China's National People's Congress, is Macau's "mini-constitution"
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Executive branch > Cabinet Executive Council consists of one government secretary, three legislators, four businessmen, one pro-Beijing unionist, and one pro-Beijing educator
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Executive branch > Chief of state President of China HU Jintao (since 15 March 2003)
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Executive branch > Election results Edmund HO Hau-wah reelected received 296 votes; three members submitted blank ballots; one member was absent
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Executive branch > Head of government Chief Executive Edmund HO Hau-wah (since 20 December 1999)
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Flag description light green with a lotus flower above a stylized bridge and water in white, beneath an arc of five gold, five-pointed stars: one large in center of arc and four smaller
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
General government final consumption expenditure > current US$	787,079,900 $		[104th of 169]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Government type	limited democracy
Source: World Development Indicators database
Independence none (special administrative region of China)
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
International organization participation IHO, IMF, IMO (associate), ISO (correspondent), UNESCO (associate), UNWTO (associate), UPU, WCO, WFTU, WMO, WTO
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Judicial branch Court of Final Appeal in Macau Special Administrative Region
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Legal system based on Portuguese civil law system
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Legislative branch unicameral Legislative Assembly (29 seats; 12 members elected by popular vote, 10 by indirect vote, and 7 appointed by the chief executive; to serve four-year terms)
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
National holiday National Day (Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China), 1 October (1949); note - 20 December 1999 is celebrated as Macau Special Administrative Region Establishment Day
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Political parties and leaders Civil Service Union [Jose Maria Pereira COUTINHO]; Development Union [KWAN Tsui-hang]; Macau Development Alliance [Angela LEONG On-kei]; Macau United Citizens' Association [CHAN Meng-kam]; New Democratic Macau Association [Antonio NG Kuok-cheong]; United Forces; note: there is no political party ordinance, so there are no registered political parties; politically active groups register as societies or companies
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Political pressure groups and leaders Macau Society of Tourism and Entertainment or STDM [Stanley HO]; Roman Catholic Church; Union for Democracy Development [Antonio NG Kuok-cheong]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Suffrage direct election 18 years of age for some non-executive positions, universal for permanent residents living in Macau for the past seven years; indirect election limited to organizations registered as "corporate voters" (257 are currently registered) and a 300-member Election Committee drawn from broad regional groupings, municipal organizations, and central government bodies
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Trademarks, residents	273		[45th of 98]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International	none
Source: World Development Indicators database

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