The PISA 2018 results revealed that Macao is a fast-improving economy in reading literacy. This study sought to show that Macao’s remarkable progress is due to the policy of narrowing the reading gender gap favoring girls in Macao schools in the past decade. Regarding this, a pedagogical model of reading engagement which empowers teachers to help students read happily, widely and skillfully was proposed. It was hypothesized that Macao boys were benefitted more than the girls and the gender gap was reduced in magnitude continuously in the past decade.