Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Macau yaive koloni yePortugal, yaitongwa nagavhuna kwemakore 442 kubva muna 1557 (kunze kwemakore mana munguva yeHondo Yenyika II, nekuda kwekuremekedza kweJapan kusava nedivi kwePortugal) kusvika muna 1999, apo yakadzorerwazve.
yakadzorerwa kuzvitonga zveChina. China yaifanira kugamuchira mimwe migariro, yakataurwa muJoint Declaration pamusoro peMubvunzo weMacau, zvakadai sokunyora uye kugamuchirwa kweMacau's mini-constitution isati yadzoka. Kufanana neHong Kong, Mutemo Wokutanga wakaita kuti Macau ichengetedze hurongwa hwayo hwehupfumi hwehupfumi uye mari yayo (pataka), hurongwa hwepamutemo (hwunobva pamutemo wechiPutukezi), hurongwa hwepamutemo, uye kodzero dzevanhu nerusununguko kwemakore makumi mashanu, senzvimbo inokosha yekutonga (SAR) yeChina. Yakagadzirirwa kupera muna 2049, chibvumirano chiripo ichi chakabvumira Macau kuti ishande sechinhu chayo pachayo mumamiriro akawanda epasi rose (semuenzaniso, WTO neOlympic) pane sechikamu cheChina.