Chinese president speaks highly of Macau's patriotic education, calls for more

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday spoke highly of the patriotic education in Macau during his visit to a local school and called for more efforts in this regard.

"Patriotic education lays a solid social and political foundation for Macau to implement 'one country, two systems' principle and guides its practice to always proceed in the correct direction," Xi said during his visit to the Premier School Affiliated to Hou Kong Middle School.

Xi made the remarks in the school's auditorium after watching a class on Chinese history themed "'one country, two systems' and Macau."

Xi said patriotic education is very important and the Macau Special Administrative Region government's education authorities and schools should shoulder the main responsibilities, keep up the good work and achieve more on patriotic education.