Belt and Road | Greater Bay Area
22 September 2020
Governor Wang Ning of the southeastern Chinese province of Fujian has called for the construction there of an industrial park to exploit the function of Macao as a place where China and the Portuguese-speaking world can conduct business, the Macao SAR Government says. The government issued a written statement quoting Mr Wang as saying so … Continue reading "Industrial park mooted for linking Fujian to lusophone world"
22 September 2020
A Brazilian chain of dental clinics, Coife Odonto, is one of the finalists for the Franchising Brasil International Highlight Award, the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency, or Apex-Brasil, says. Apex-Brasil issued a written statement saying Coife Odonto opened in February its first clinic in China, called VIP Dental, in the southern city of Shenzhen. … Continue reading "Brazilian dentistry chain up for prize for thrust into China"
22 September 2020
The Portuguese-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Portugal-China Young Entrepreneurs Association will occupy space in the Macao Scientific and Cultural Centre in Lisbon, the Portuguese government has announced. The Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education says in a written announcement that this is provided for by the official plan for developing the … Continue reading "Macao centre in Lisbon to help tighten Sino-Portuguese ties"
21 September 2020
The AliExpress arm of Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group Holding Ltd will subsidise merchants that charge customers nothing to ship to Brazil purchases made on the AliExpress shopping website, Cifnews reports. The Chinese website quotes AliExpress as announcing in writing that the company will pay merchants 3 renminbi (about US$0.44) a time for shipping without … Continue reading "AliExpress to subsidise free shipping of purchases to Brazil"
21 September 2020
The Angolan subsidiary of Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd of China will equip schools in the central Angolan provinces of Bié and Huambo with computers, Expansão reports. The Angolan newspaper says the Huawei subsidiary will supply the computer hardware and software while Angolan telecommunications company Unitel will connect the schools to the Internet in a joint … Continue reading "Huawei subsidiary to supply Angolan schools with computers"
17 September 2020
Trade in merchandise between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries reached US$64.598 billion in the period from January to June 2020. It represented a 7.9 percent decline year-on-year, according to data from China Customs. Portuguese-speaking Countries sold goods worth US$46.742 billion to China in the first six months of 2020 – a fall of 7.32 percent year-on-year. … Continue reading "Trade between China, Portuguese-speaking Countries nearly US$64.60bln in January-June 2020"
17 September 2020
Representatives of the European Union and China have signed a protected designation of origin agreement which covers food and drink, the European Commission says. The commission issued a written announcement saying the European Parliament must ratify the agreement before it can come into effect, which is expected to happen early next year. The commission says … Continue reading "Sino-EU protected designation of origin agreement signed"
17 September 2020
Eight Macao students have been granted money from the Macao Higher Education Fund for postgraduate studies at universities in Lisbon, the Macao Talent Development Committee says. The committee posted on its website a written announcement saying six of the students will pursue master’s degrees in law and two will pursue master’s degrees in translation. The … Continue reading "Macao students get grants for postgraduate studies in Lisbon"
16 September 2020
Portuguese venture capital fund Alpac Capital – Sociedade de Capital de Risco SA is leading a consortium that means to buy Efacec Power Solutions SGPS SA of Portugal and take it private, Expresso reports, citing Alpac Capital Chief Executive Luís Santos. The Portuguese newspaper quotes Mr Santos as saying Macao company CESL Asia – Investments … Continue reading "CESL Asia in consortium eyeing Efacec Power Solutions"
16 September 2020
The government of the northeastern Brazilian state of Ceará says Chinese maker of wind turbines Mingyang Smart Energy Group Co. Ltd has agreed to set up wind farm offshore there. The state government issued a written announcement saying Mingyang Smart Energy chose the place because of its potential for wind power generation. The announcement says … Continue reading "Mingyang Smart Energy to set up wind farm off NE Brazil"
16 September 2020
State-owned China Railway 20 Bureau Group Corp. has begun construction of a bridge over the Calondo river in Caimbambo, in the northern Angolan province of Benguela, and should finish it in four months, Angop reports. The Angolan state-run news agency says an Angolan government official, Manuel Lituai, presided over the ground-breaking ceremony. The report says … Continue reading "China Railway 20 Bureau starts work on new bridge in Angola"
15 September 2020
The vaccination of Brazilians against the Covid-19 virus, using a vaccine developed by Sinovac Biotech Ltd of China, could begin in January, the Globo website reports, citing a health official in the southeastern Brazilian state of São Paulo, Jean Gorinchteyn. The Brazilian news website quotes Mr Gorinchteyn as saying he hopes 46 million doses of … Continue reading "Brazil may begin using Chinese Covid-19 vaccine in January"
15 September 2020
Eight doctors have left the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, bound for São Tomé e Príncipe on the fifth in a series of Chinese medical missions to the country, the Sichuan News website reports. The provincial government-run website says the doctors include a general surgeon, a stomatologist, a cardiologist, an obstetrician and gynaecologist, and an … Continue reading "New Chinese medical mission heads for São Tomé e Príncipe"
15 September 2020
Guangxi Hydroelectric Construction Bureau Co. Ltd, a subsidiary of state-owned China Energy Engineering Corp. (Energy China), says it has won the contract to surface a road near Luanda. The contractor issued a written statement saying surfacing the rough 8 km road connecting Cowboy and Mayé-Mayé will improve the quality of life of people nearby and … Continue reading "Energy China subsidiary wins Angolan road surfacing contract"
14 September 2020
Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd of China will give Angolan teachers training in information and communication technology, and supply, install and maintain computer equipment for Angolan schools, Lusa reports. The Portuguese news agency says the training of teachers and supply of equipment are provided for by an agreement between Huawei and the Angolan Ministry of Higher … Continue reading "Huawei agrees to give Angolan teachers training in ICT"
14 September 2020
A new film for children, “Dreams of Brazil”, tells the story of Chinese teenagers pursuing their ambitions as footballers in that internationally renowned hotbed of footballing talent, Brazil, the People’s Daily reports. The Chinese Communist Party newspaper quotes Huang Jun, the head of the Children’s Film Studio in Beijing, as telling a webinar that he … Continue reading "Film portrays Chinese footballers pursing Brazilian dream"
14 September 2020
Macao needs more workers proficient in Portuguese so the city can play a greater part in the world and burnish its international image, the Macao Secretariat for Social Affairs and Culture has said. The secretariat issued a written statement saying this need was mentioned in a recent series of meetings in Beijing attended by Macao … Continue reading "Proficiency in Portuguese needed in Macao, officials told"
11 September 2020
A new documentary programme broadcast by China Central Television (CCTV) extols cooperation by China and Portugal in economic and cultural affairs. The Chinese government-run network first showed the documentary, called “Colours of Portugal”, on Sunday. In the programme, Chinese Ambassador to Portugal Cai Run describes the results of investment by each country in the other … Continue reading "CCTV airs documentary on Sino-Portuguese cooperation"
11 September 2020
The State Key Laboratory of Virtual Reality Technology and Systems at Beihang University in Beijing and the Fundação Dom Cabral business school in Brazil have agreed to get together to set up a virtual reality laboratory in the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, the People’s Daily reports. The Chinese Communist Party newspaper says the … Continue reading "Minas Gerais VR lab to be a Sino-Brazilian endeavour"
11 September 2020
The Mozambican subsidiary of Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd of China is putting on a course of training in information communication technology for Mozambican university students from October 26 to 31, O País reports. The Mozambican newspaper quotes a written statement issued by Huawei as saying the course will teach 50 students about fifth-generation wireless telecommunications … Continue reading "Huawei subsidiary to train Mozambican students in ICT"
