一、澳门经济发展面临历史最大机遇(一)回归前未能抓住发展的机遇16世纪50年代至18世纪中期,澳门曾依附葡萄牙人编织的远东国际贸易网而成为名扬海外的中转贸易港。18世纪中期以后,随着葡萄牙远东贸易航线的衰落,澳门失去了中西方贸易最大港市地位。直到回归前夕,澳门的殖民管治一 I. Macao’s Economic Development Is Faced with the Greatest Historical Opportunity (I) Failure to Seize the Opportunity of Development Prior to Reunification From the mid-1850s to the mid-1800s, Macao became a reputable overseas transit port relying on the Far East International Trade Network weaved by the Portuguese . After the middle of the eighteenth century, with the decline of the trade routes to the Far East of Portugal, Macao lost its position as the largest port city in the Western trade. Until the eve of the reunification, one of Macao’s colonial governance