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MACAO, Dec. 19-- Chinese President Xi Jinping Thursday spoke highly of the patriotic education in Macao during his visit to a local school and called for more efforts in this regard. "Patriotic education lays a solid social and political foundation for Macao to implement the 'one country, two systems' principle and guides its practice to always proceed in the correct direction," Xi said during his visit to the Premier School Affiliated to Hou Kong Middle School. Xi made the remarks after watching a Chinese history class themed "'one country, two systems' and Macao." Founded in 1932, the school has the largest number of students among Macao's basic education institutions. Noting that Hou Kong Middle School has a long patriotic tradition, Xi said he was touched when he received a letter in May from the school's pupils who showed a strong sense of patriotism. Xi looked through textbooks on Chinese history, virtue and citizenship, and praised Macao's efforts to jointly compile textbooks with the mainland. More schools shall be encouraged to use such books, he said. Xi stressed the need to know history in order to consolidate the foundation of patriotism. "As Chinese people, we must know the history of our Chinese nation," he said. "The 1.4 billion Chinese are so closely united due to the richness of the Chinese civilization and the Chinese spirit, which are the source of cultural confidence." | 
