澳門有「東方蒙地卡羅」或「東方拉斯維加斯」等世界著名賭城的美譽。隨著本澳博彩專營權開放和中央放寬自由行等政策的影響下，澳門進入發展高速期，於2006年澳門博彩業收入首次超過拉斯維加斯，於2013年澳門人均生產總值超越瑞士。但隨著中國大陸形勢的變化，2015年澳門博彩收益按年大幅下降，從這些經濟發展軌跡可觀察到澳門的經濟發展結構的挑戰及機遇，推動澳門經濟適度多元化，突顯澳門的優勢。
中國大陸近年推行「一帶一路」、「粵港澳大灣區發展規劃」等國策及周邊的國家紛紛開展博彩業等情況下，中國大陸亦以「國家所需、澳門所長」的概念規劃了「一中心一平台」的發展策略。澳門的經濟發展應如何走向及以配合利用自身的優勢以改善經濟發展依賴博彩業的現況，成為今後澳門發展的一大挑戰。
Macao has the reputation of ‘Oriental Monte Carlo’ or ‘Oriental Las Vegas’ that is the world-famous gambling city. Under the influence of policies such as the liberalization of gaming concession and Individual Visit Scheme, Macao has entered a period of rapid development. Macao’s gambling revenue surpassed Las Vegas in 2006 and its GDP per capita surpassed Switzerland in 2013. However, as China took unexpected turn, Macao’s gaming revenue dropped sharply in 2015. From these economic development trajectories, we can observe the challenges and opportunities of Macao’s economic development structure, advance diversification of Macao’s economy and feature Macao’s dominant position.
In recent years, China has implemented national policies such as ‘One Belt and One Road’, ‘Development plan for the bay area of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao’ as well as facing the gambling industry of neighboring countries. Under the circumstances, China has also planned the development strategy of ‘One Center and One Platform’ with the concept of ‘National needs and Macao’s superiority’. How does Macao lead economic development moving with its own advantages to improve the current situation that mainly relys on gambling industry? It becomes a great challenge for Macao’s development in future.
