在1997年香港回归祖国后，澳门也将于1999年回归祖国。与香港不同，在整个过渡期内，由于中葡双方合作协调，澳门的政治过渡一直是十分平稳的。然而，澳门经济在整个过渡期内却面临着较大的困难。自八十年代末以来，澳门持续近二十年的两位数高经济增长率已经风光不再，转而进 After Hong Kong’s return to the motherland in 1997, Macao will return to the motherland in 1999. Unlike Hong Kong, during the entire transitional period, the political transition in Macao has been very smooth due to the cooperation and coordination between China and Portugal. However, the economy of Macao faces greater difficulties during the entire transitional period. Since the late 1980s, the two-digit high economic growth rate in Macao, which lasted nearly two decades, is no longer as spectacular as it has been,