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    MACAO, Dec. 20 (Xinhuanet) -- President Hu Jintao said here Monday that "one Country, two systems" is an unprecedented undertaking.

    He made the remarks while attending the celebrations of the 5th anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland and the inauguration of the second-term government of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR).

    The president said while socialism is practiced in the main body of the country, how to properly administrate, build and develop the two SARs of Hong Kong and Macao, where capitalism is practiced in line with the "one country, two systems" principle, and maintain their long-term prosperity and stability is a brand new subject for the central government.

    Hu added that it is also a brand new subject for the two SAR governments.

    He said it is therefore necessary for both the central government and the two SAR governments, as well as the Hong Kong and Macao compatriots, to actively explore the ways to implement the "one country, two systems" principle as they go forward.

    "In so doing, we might encounter some problems, as the undertaking has never been tried before. We must correctly analyze and properly handle these problems," he added.

    He stressed that the key to doing so is to accurately understand and implement the "one country, two systems" principle,act in strict accordance with the Hong Kong and Macao Basic Laws in administration, adhere to "Hong Kong people governing Hong Kong" and "Macao people governing Macao" with patriots as the main body, and achieve the broadest-based unity under the banner of loving the motherland, loving Hong Kong and Loving Macao.

    "The more people we can unite with, the better. This is a key conclusion we have drawn from the development since the return of Hong Kong and Macao," Hu pointed out.

    He added that "so long as we keep doing so, the long-term prosperity and stability of Hong Kong and Macao will be fully guaranteed, and the cause of 'one country, two systems' will be more successful."

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