President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, wave to children before their departure from Macao on Friday afternoon. Macao SAR Chief Executive Sam Hou-fai and his wife were also present. XIE HUANCHI/XINHUA
President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, walk into the Macao East Asian Games Dome, accompanied by Sam Houfai, the sixth-term chief executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region, and his wife, on Friday morning. They attended a meeting at the venue celebrating the 25th anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland and the inaugural ceremony of the sixth-term government of the Macao SAR. FENG YONGBIN/CHINA DAILY
President Xi Jinping talks with Macao residents living in Hengqin during an inspection of the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin, located at the southern tip of Zhuhai in Guangdong province, on Thursday morning. Xi, accompanied by Ho Iat-seng, the fifth-term chief executive of the Macao SAR, inspected the cooperation zone on Thursday. YAN YAN/XINHUA
President Xi Jinping (center) meets with Ho Hau-wah (left) and Chui Sai-on (right), former chief executives of the Macao Special Administrative Region, in Macao on Thursday afternoon. Ho is also vice-chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. YIN BOGU/XINHUA
A flag-raising ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland is held at the Golden Lotus Square in Macao on Friday. CHENG YIHENG/XINHUA
Performers cheer during a gala marking the 25th anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland at the Macao East Asian Games Dome on Thursday evening. FENG YONGBIN/CHINA DAILY
