What treaty did Portugal and China sign to return Macao to the motherland?

1986 on may 20th, China and the Portuguese government officially issued a press release, announcing that they would hold talks on the Macao issue in Beijing on June 30th to solve the Macao issue. By June, the China delegation led by Nan Zhou welcomed the Portuguese delegation and pointed out in its welcoming speech: "The negotiations between China and Portugal on the Macao issue will be a partnership, not an adversary." Since then, China and Portugal have formally held talks on the Macao issue.

Four rounds of talks were held in Beijing, the capital of China: the first round of talks was held from June 30, 1986 to July, 1986 in/kloc-0; The second round of talks was held on September 9,1986-10; The third round of talks was held in 1986, 10, 2 1 -22; The fourth round of talks was held on March 1988+08 -23.

A round of talks

At the beginning of the first round of talks, the representative of China put forward the general agenda of the talks: 1. Issues related to the exercise of sovereignty by the China government over Macao; 2. Arrangements after China exercises sovereignty over Macao; 3. Arrangements for the transition period.

The Portuguese representative agreed with the general agenda proposed by the representative of China and discussed it. Secondly, the representative of China submitted the Chinese, Portuguese and English versions of the draft Sino-Portuguese Joint Statement and gave a brief explanation.

The second round of talks

During the second round of talks, the representative of China submitted an annex to the Sino-Portuguese Joint Statement and made relevant explanations. The Portuguese delegation stated that all documents need to be studied in depth before making a comprehensive comment, so it proposed to make a comprehensive comment at the third round of talks. Finally, the two sides discussed the time of the third round of talks, the time to set up a working group after the third round of talks, and the details of the press release of Nan Zhou, head of the China delegation, on his visit to Portugal in June +065438+ 10, and reached broad agreement.

Three rounds of talks

It was not until the third round of talks that the Portuguese representative finally commented on the documents submitted by the China delegation in the first two rounds of talks, and divided China's opinions into "agree, accept", "need to be properly revised and supplemented" and "need to further clarify the exact content and meaning of some concepts before making comments". The representative of China immediately praised the positive reaction of the representative of Portugal and held consultations on some proposed amendments mentioned by the representative of Portugal. During the talks, the Portuguese representative even offered to discuss some important, substantive and thorny issues with the Portuguese President and Prime Minister when Nan Zhou visited Portugal. However, Nan Zhou said, "My visit cannot be regarded as a round of negotiations on the Macao issue, nor can it replace the formal talks on the Macao issue. In my meeting with the leaders of your country, if I talk about the Macao issue, it can only be an important and unresolved issue we have encountered in the negotiations, rather than leaving all issues to be solved when we visit Portugal. " After that, the two sides discussed the details of the establishment of the working group and put forward all the draft agreement documents. Finally, the two sides agreed that the working group will start its work after Nan Zhou's visit to Portugal.

In the first three rounds of talks, the discussions between China and Portugal were relatively smooth. However, during Nan Zhou's visit to Portugal, the Portuguese government changed its original position on the date of Macao's return, and extended this date to the beginning of the next century. As a result, Nan Zhou met grapes.