Make Macau your gateway to the China market, and use your World Trade Center Macau membership to put a world of advantages at you disposal. This is aimed at ensuring a smooth transition towards Chinese rule from 1999. General Information Geographical Location M acau is located on the Southeast coast of China to the west of the Pearl River Delta. Bordering on Guangdong Province, it lies 60km from Hong Kong and 145km from the city of Guangzhou.
Local time is eight hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time.
Area M acau has been increasing in size as a result of the land reclamation that has taken place around its coastline. Population A s of 30st June 2000, Macau's local population numbered 436,000 inhabitants. There is also an impressive flow of people in and out of the territory with an average 20,000 passengers entering Macau via the Outer Harbour ferry terminal each day while around 50,000 people cross the Border Gates checkpoint at the border with mainland China. A total of 25 million annual people-flow are recorded. M acau is an open, varied city and this is reflected in its demographic breakdown.