ministrative Region may use travel documents issued by the Macao Special Administrative Region Government, or by other competent authorities of the People's Republic of China, or of other states. Holders of Permanent Identity Cards of the Macao Special Administrative Region may have this fact stated in their travel documents as evidence that the holders have the right of abode in the Macao Special Administrative Region. Entry into the Macao Special Administrative Region by inhabitants of other parts of China shall be regulated in an appropriate way.
The Macao Special Administrative Region may apply im- migration controls on entry into, stay in and departure from the Macao Special Administrative Region by persons from foreign states and regions.
Unless restrained by law, holders of valid travel documents shall be free to leave the Macao Special Administrative Region without special authorization.
The Central People's Government shall assist or authorise the Macao Special Administrative Region Government to ne- gotiate and conclude visa abolition agreements with the states and regions concerned.
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The Macao Special Administrative Region shall decide its economic and trade policies on its own. As a free port and a separate customs territory, it shall maintain and develop economic and trade relations with all states and regions and continue to participate in relevant international organisations and international trade agreements, such as the General Agree- ment on Tariffs and Trade and agreements regarding interna- tional trade in textiles. Export quotas, tariff preferences and other similar arrangements obtained by the Macao Special Administrative Region shall be enjoyed exclusively by the
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Macao Special Administrative Region. The Macao Special Administrative Region shall have authority to issuc its own certificates of origin for products manufactured locally, in ac- cordance with prevailing rules of origin.
The Macao Special Administrative Region shall protect foreign investments in accordance with the law.
The Macao Special Administrative Region may, as necessary, establish official and semi-official economic and trade missions in foreign countries, reporting the establishment of such mis- sions to the Central People's Government for the record.
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After the establishment of the Macao Special Administrative Region, the monetary and financial systems previously prac- tised in Macao shall remain basically unchanged. The Macao Special Administrative Region shall decide its monetary and financial policies on its own. It shall safeguard the free operation of the financial institutions and the free flow of capital within, into and out of the Macao Special Administra- tive Region. No exchange control policy shall be applied in the Macao Special Administrative Region.
The Macao Pataca, as the legal tender of the Macao Special Administrative Region, shall continue to circulate and remain freely convertible. The authority to issue Macao currency shall be vested in the Macao Special Adininistrative Region Government. The Macao Special Administrative Region Government may authorise designated banks to perform or continue to perform the functions of its agents in the issuance of Macao currency. Macao currency bearing references in- appropriate to the status of Macao as a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China shall be progressive- ly replaced and withdrawn from circulation.
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