Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) shakes hands with Macao Special Administrative Region Chief Executive Edmund Ho Hau Wah during their meeting in Macao, south China, Dec. 19, 2004. Hu Jintao arrived here on Sunday for a two-day visit to attend celebrations marking the fifth anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland and the inauguration ceremony of the second-term government of Macao Special Administrative Region.

Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) meets with officials of the government of Macao Special Administrative Region, in Macao, south China, Dec. 19, 2004.

Chinese President Hu Jintao addresses the banquet for the celebration of the fifth anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland, in Macao, south China, Dec. 19, 2004. The banquet was held by the government of Macao Special Administrative Region. Hu Jintao arrived in Macao on Sunday for a two-day visit to attend celebrations marking the fifth anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland and the inauguration ceremony of the second-term government of Macao Special Administrative Region.

Macao Special Administrative Region Chief Executive Edmund Ho Hau Wah toasts at the banquet for the celebration of the fifth anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland, in Macao, south China, Dec. 19, 2004. Chinese President Hu Jintao attended the banquet held by the government of Macao Special Administrative Region.

Chinese President Hu Jintao (3rd L) attends the banquet for the celebration of the fifth anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland, in Macao, south China, Dec. 19, 2004.

Chinese President Hu Jintao (2nd L) talks with Macao citizen Zheng Bingkun during a visit to Zheng's family in Macao, south China, Dec. 19, 2004. 

Chinese President Hu Jintao waves to citizens during a visit to the ruins of St. Paul Church in Macao, south China, Dec. 19, 2004. 

Chinese President Hu Jintao (C) visits the Macao Museum in Macao, south China, Dec. 19, 2004. 

Chinese President Hu Jintao (C) poses with students when he visits a school in Macao, south China, Dec. 19, 2004.

Chinese President Hu Jintao (1st, R) and Edmund Ho Hau Wah (2nd, R), chief executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region, attend the inauguration ceremony of Sai Van Bridge in Macao, Dec. 19, 2004. 

Chinese President Hu Jintao speaks to the press at the International Airport of Macao, Dec. 19, 2004.

President Hu Jintao (L) arrives in Macao at around 11:30 a.m. (local time) on Dec. 19, 2004. 

Editor: Olivia