The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macao_Basic_Law" id="mwAVA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Macao Basic Law">Macao Basic Law</a> is adopted by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_National_People's_Congress" id="mwAVE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="8th National People's Congress">Eighth National People's Congress of China</a> to take effect December 20, 1999. <a class="external text" href="https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/ziliao_665539/3602_665543/3604_665547/t18052.shtml" id="mwAVI" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">Resumption by China of the Exercise of Sovereignty over Macao</a>