Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan juyin juya halin 1974 a Fotigal, sabuwar manufar kawar da mulkin mallaka ta share fagen dawo da Macau zuwa Jamhuriyar Jama'ar Sin (PRC). Portugal ta ba da shawarar janyewa daga Macau a ƙarshen 1974, amma China ta ƙi amincewa da wani lokaci na gaba saboda tana neman kiyaye amincewar ƙasa da ƙasa da ta gida a Hong Kong, wanda har yanzu ke ƙarƙashin mulkin Burtaniya. A watan Janairun 1975, Portugal ta amince da PRC a matsayin gwamnatin kasar Sin. A ranar 17 ga Fabrairun 1976, majalisar dokokin Portugal ta zartar da Tsarin Tsarin Macau, wanda ya kira shi "yankin da ke karkashin gwamnatin Fotigal". An kuma sanya wannan kalmar a cikin kundin tsarin mulkin Fotigal na 1976, wanda ya maye gurbin sunan Macau a matsayin lardin ketare. Ba kamar tsarin mulki na baya ba, Macau ba a haɗa shi a matsayin wani ɓangare na yankin Fotigal ba. Sanarwar hadin gwiwar Sin da Fotigal ta 1987 ta kira Macau "ƙasar Sin a ƙarƙashin mulkin Fotigal". An ba da cikakken ikon mallaka ga Jamhuriyar Jama'ar Sin a cikin wani biki
a ranar 20 ga Disamba, 1999.