Online guide to Macau, a Special Administrative Region (MSAR) of China, written by Raquel Ferreira Alves who is an Associate Lawyer at Abecasis, Moura Marques, Alves Pereira & Associates (AAMM), a law firm in Lisbon, Portugal. The guide was published in 2017 (and updated in 2023) on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law. The author provides background historical information on the area and how it became an autonomous region. Macau has its own executive, legislative and independent judicial powers with a government structure similar to Hong Kong’s. The guide outlines the legal and governmental system of the region including the role of the Chief Executive, Legislative Assembly and court structure. Links are given to legal sources including the most important codes. There are links to sources of legal information and a bibliography of key legal texts written in Portuguese and English.