Zheng Xiaosong, director of the Macau Liaison Office.(Photo by Xinhua News Agency)

According to the official website of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council of China, Zheng Xiaosong, director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Macao Special Administrative Region, suffered from depression and fell to his death in his residence in Macao on the evening of October 20.

According to the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, on the 21st, entrusted by the central leadership, relevant persons in charge of the Organization Department of the Central Committee and the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council made a special trip to Macau to condolences to Zheng Xiaosong's relatives.