（Adopted at the First Session of the Eighth National People's Congress on March 31， 1993）
颁布日期：19930331 　实施日期：19930331 　颁布单位：全国人大

　　The First Session of the Eighth National People's Congress adopts the Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative¹ Region of the People's Republic of China， including Annex² I： Method for the Selection of the Chief Executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region， Annex II： Method for the Formation of the Legislative³ Council of the Macao Special Administrative Region， Annex III： National Laws to Be Applied⁴ in the Macao Special Administrative Region， and the designs of the regional flag and regional emblem⁵ of the Macao Special Administrative Region. Article 31 of the Constitution of the People's Republic of China provides： “The State may establish special administrative regions when necessary. The systems to be instituted in special administrative regions shall be prescribed by law enacted⁶ by the National People's Congress in the light of the specific conditions.” The Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region is constitutional as it is enacted in accordance with the Constitution of the People's Republic of China and in the light of the specific conditions of Macao. The systems， policies and laws to be instituted after the establishment of the Macao Special Administrative Region shall be based on the Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region.

　　The Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China shall be put into effect as of December 20， 1999.