Over 70,000 visit national security exhibition

More than 70,000 people attended Macau’s annual National Security Education Exhibition this year, according to organizers, with robot guides and new accessibility features introduced for the first time.

The month-long exhibition, which concluded on May 15, recorded 70,496 visitors and over 210,740 website views, both described as record highs by co-organizers the Macau government and the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in Macau. New features included smart robot-assisted tours and sign language interpretation services aimed at improving accessibility.

The 2026 series expanded far beyond the flagship exhibition, which opened on April 15. For the first time, organizers staged a national security-themed drone show, a tri-city landmark lighting event across Macau, Hengqin, and Zhuhai, a public welfare film festival, a Macau performance on the holistic approach to national security, and a National Reading Week campaign.

The goal, officials said, is to push national security education toward “normalization and popularization,” creating a long-term atmosphere where “every day is April 15.”

Yang Weiqun, deputy director of the Liaison Office, called this year’s exhibition a major success, noting “many innovations in both content and format,” a “highly successful” opening ceremony, and high praise from all sectors of society. He expressed confidence that the exhibition would continue to improve and that Macau’s national security work would achieve “new and greater success.”

Chan Tsz King, Secretary for Security, echoed the sentiment, calling the record-breaking attendance “not just a numerical breakthrough” but proof that “maintaining national security is everyone’s responsibility” has become a “solid consensus and conscious action” across Macau society.