On this day 47 years ago, on August 12, 1978 (July 9, 1978 in the lunar calendar), the Central Committee decided to establish a Hong Kong and Macao Group. On August 12, 1978, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China approved the "Report on the Preparatory Conference on Hong Kong and Macao Work". The Central Committee instructed: To carry out work in Hong Kong and Macao, we must conduct in-depth investigation and research, seek truth from facts, all work must proceed from the actual local situation, and cannot follow the mainland's practices. We must emancipate our minds, let go boldly, think of more ways, and speed up the pace to make greater contributions to the realization of the four modernizations of our country. The Central Committee decided to establish a Hong Kong and Macao Group to assist the Central Committee in taking charge of Hong Kong and Macao