MACAO - Chinese President Xi Jinping Thursday morning visited a government services center and a school in Macao and talked with teachers, students and other local residents.

Xi was accompanied by Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) Chief Executive Chui Sai On during his tour of the Government Services Center in Areia Preta and the Premier School Affiliated to Hou Kong Middle School.

At the services center where 26 government departments provide one-stop services to local residents, the president observed the working procedures and conversed with some residents. He acknowledged the efficient public services delivered through the use of information technology.

Xi told the residents that he had seen the constant improvement of the livelihood of the Macao people and could feel the historic changes since Macao's return to the motherland in 1999.