page_title: Sports and Olympic Committee of Macau, China
section_title: Status
hierarchical_section_title: Sports and Olympic Committee of Macau, China / Status
caption_attribution_description: English: Flag of Macau, China and Chinese Taipei in a Victory Ceremony of Hong Kong East Asian Games
context_page_description: The Sports and Olympic Committee of Macau, China, is the National Olympic Committee of Macau and is responsible for organizing the Special Administrative Region's participation in international sporting events. It applied for official recognition as a National Olympic Committee by the International Olympic Committee, but as of 2013 it remains unrecognized.
context_section_description: As was done previously by the Macau Olympic Committee, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China has sent several letters to the International Olympic Committee to support recognition of Macau as a member of the IOC. This request has been complicated by the fact that the IOC revised its Charter in 1996 to only admit new NOCs that represent independent states recognised
  by the international community. (fellow SAR Hong Kong having been grandfathered in.) Despite the setbacks, Manuel Silvério told a reporter for the Macau Daily in 2008 that "the application from the Macau Olympic Committee for membership in the International Olympic Committee under the name 'Macau, China' is in 'considering and hearing' and the Chinese Government and Chinese Olympic Committee are assisting with the application." 
  As of 2016, the Sports and Olympic Committee of Macau remains unrecognized as a NOC by the International Olympic Committee. However, as Macau is an autonomous territory, it has been allowed to join some international organisations and games such as the Asian Games as a separate entity, but it has not been allowed to do so in games for sovereign states such as the Olympic Games.
caption: Flag of Macau, China (center) is raised in a Victory Ceremony during Hong Kong East Asian Games.
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