MACAO, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday attended a gathering in Macao to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its return to the motherland.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, was present at the Macao East Asian Games Dome where the fifth-term government of the Macao Special Administrative Region will also be inaugurated.