Macau, the small bit of land of 28 square kilometers is endowed with the charming and colorful urban landscapes and possesses the rich historical and cultural accretion in combination with the European continental flavors and the Chinese traditional styles.  

Macao:Tradition and Modernity,All photo by Meng Xiangning Zhang Yameng

In recent years, big buildings have been constructed on a spectacular scale. Large entertainment facilities and super high-rise luxury apartment buildings are almost on a par in the Outside Port Zone and Off-Island Landfill Zone of Macau. Whereas the old city of Macau is deserted with few visitors, the urban tissue still remains, which seems to be the imprint of the remote past. Bustling crowds pack along the tourist route of World Heritage sites and snack stores burst with buyers. Visitors follow the track of their predecessors on a fixed tourist route in a hurry.  

Street View in Macao

What on earth are the special traits of Macau city? Casinos? World Heritage sites? Or delicious snacks? 

Ruins of St. Paul's

If Macau now attracts visitors because of the gambling culture and the World Heritage sites with the quintessence of oriental and occidental cultures, will Macau become a diamond of tourism sparkling with the oriental charms in China once more wonderful, unique local conditions and customs have been developed appropriately?  

The Culture Events are Based on Societies in Macao

Macau is carrying out the heated discussion over the landfill project of a new future city and the issue of strengthening the communication of regions, human resources, logistics and economics between Macau and Hengqin Island. It is believed that if the opportunities of times have been seized and the plans of population, transportation and cultural tourisms of the overall old city of Macau have been integrated in an innovative way, it will not only be the welfare for generations of Macau natives, but also a century-long project of which people of the whole world, particularly the Chinese are proud.