Chinese President Hu Jintao (2nd L) talks with Macao citizen Zheng Bingkun during a visit to Zheng's family in Macao, south China, Dec. 19, 2004. (Xinhua Photo)

Chinese President Hu Jintao (C) poses with students when he visits a school in Macao, south China, Dec. 19, 2004. (Xinhua Photo)

Chinese President Hu Jintao on Sunday viewed a school and visited a local family in Macao to know about ordinary people's life in a place that he has set foot on for the first time.

Hu, who arrived here Sunday morning on a two-day trip to attend a celebration gathering marking the 5th anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland and the inauguration of the second-term government of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR).

Hu was warmly welcomed during his visit to the High School for Workers' Children, a half-a-century-old learning facility founded originally to help underprivileged local workers' offspring.

Hu, also general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and chairman of the CPC Central Military Commission, encouraged the students to study harder for Macao's development, and donated books and pianos to the school.

The president then paid a visit to the home of a local bus driver, chatted casually with the family, and wished the best for the family's future.

Earlier in the day, Hu also attended the inauguration ceremony of a local bridge and toured several sites of historical interest in the city.