As he held the position of member of the 9th CPPCC National Committee, his two draft proposals attracted much attention. One was to develop Hengqin Island of Zhuhai City into an experimental tourist area, which received due attention from the Macao and the Guangdong government. The second draft proposal concerned the overseas relatives of domestic residents and overseas Chinese with foreign long-term resident visas who wished to reside in Macao. This was in turn adopted by the central government and Macao.

Wu Lisheng has watched Macao’s development with keen interest. He is a businessman and says that communication and education there need to be vigorously developed, especially the communications field which should lead the way for all other industries. He is currently focusing his investment from real estate to these two related fields.

He says that the Macao SAR government is very capable of driving the change it needs into place. Lead by the central and Macao government, the people of Macao are confident for their future. “The gambling industry opened with great success in 2002 and holds a central position along with tourism,” Wu Lisheng said. Now tourism is well developed. The tourist boom creates great demand in the hotel industry there, where room rates at the Caishen (God of Wealth) Hotel of the Xinjianye Group rose to 2800 yuan ($337) per night during the Spring Festival of 2003.

Wu spoke of his expectations for the current sessions of the NPC and CPPCC and believed that the new government group, which is young, professional and full of vigor, won’t disappoint the people and will continue to bring China on the path to success it seeks.

(China.org.cn March 9, 2003)