Kammala wannan jumlar: Macau ya kasance mulkin mallaka na Fotigal, wanda gwamnan ya yi mulki na tsawon shekaru 442 daga 1557 (ban da shekaru 4 a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu, saboda girmamawar Jafananci ga tsaka tsaki na Fotigal) har zuwa 1999, lokacin da aka sake shi
koma ga ikon mallakar kasar Sin. Dole ne China ta yarda da wasu sharuɗɗa, waɗanda aka tsara a cikin Sanarwar Haɗin kan Tambayar Macau, kamar tsarawa da karɓar ƙaramin kundin tsarin mulkin Macau kafin dawowarsa. Kamar Hong Kong, Dokar Asali ta tabbatar da Macau za ta ci gaba da tsarin tattalin arzikinta na jari-hujja da kuma kudin kanta (pataca), tsarin shari'a (wanda ya dogara da dokar farar hula ta Fotigal), tsarin dokoki, da 'yancin mutane da' yanci na tsawon shekaru 50, a matsayin yanki na musamman na kasar Sin (SAR). Da aka saita don ƙare a cikin 2049, yarjejeniyar da ke gudana yanzu ta ba Macau damar yin aiki a matsayin ƙungiyar ta kanta a cikin saitunan duniya da yawa (misali, WTO da wasannin Olympics) maimakon a matsayin wani ɓangare na China.