Belt and Road | Greater Bay Area
8 July 2021
Mozambique is hoping for greater Sino-Mozambican cooperation in countering COVID-19, to quicken its recovery from the economic and social disruption caused by the pandemic, the Chinese Embassy in Maputo says. Mozambican Health Minister Armindo Tiago and Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Ernesto Tonela both called for more cooperation when they met Chinese Ambassador to Mozambique … Continue reading "Greater Sino-Mozambican cooperation against COVID-19 sought"
7 July 2021
Fifteen Chinese makers of Chinese traditional medicines and eight Brazilian distributors struck deals at a business-matching session arranged by the Traditional Chinese Medicine Science and Technology Industrial Park of Co-operation between Guangdong and Macao, the park managers say. Some of those taking part attended online and some were physically present at the park, which is … Continue reading "Deals done to bring Chinese traditional medicines to Brazil"
6 July 2021
The authorities in Brazil granted more working visas to qualified Chinese than to applicants of any other nationality last year, the Brazilian International Migration Observatory says. The observatory, a government body, says in a document published last month that the authorities granted the next-highest numbers of working visas to Americans, then Japanese, and then French … Continue reading "Chinese the most numerous recipients of Brazilian work visas"
6 July 2021
China is among the countries that the Angolan investment and export promotion agency, Aipex, is putting most effort into tapping for private investment in Angola, Angop reports. The Angolan state-run news agency says China is one of 27 countries that Aipex has chosen to concentrate on because of their record of investment in the sort … Continue reading "Agency means to tap China for investment in Angola"
6 July 2021
Portuguese law firm PRA-Raposo, Sá Miranda & Associados has set up a special desk for advising Chinese living in Portugal, the ECO website reports. The Portuguese news website says the lawyer in charge of the desk is a new partner in the firm, Lin Man of China, who previously ran the equivalent service at another … Continue reading "Portuguese law firm opens desk for Chinese expatriates"
5 July 2021
Mozambique has taken delivery of 500,000 more doses of the COVID-19 vaccine devised by Sinopharm Group Co. Ltd of China, Xinhua reports. The Chinese state-run news agency says the vaccine was bought by the Mozambican public and private sectors through their joint scheme to supply the government with 139,000 doses. The report quotes Mozambican Minister … Continue reading "Mozambique gets another 500,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine"
5 July 2021
The Chinese Consulate-General in Recife, in northeastern Brazil, says it has held online a seminar about the development of China and the prospects for Sino-Brazilian cooperation. Academics and officials in China and Brazil attended, according to a written statement issued by the consulate-general. The seminar was held on Tuesday to mark 100 years since the … Continue reading "Future of Sino-Brazilian cooperation discussed in seminar"
5 July 2021
The Portuguese central bank says it has added Macao and Mozambique to its list of jurisdictions outside the European Union where Portuguese banks, in calculating their countercyclical reserves, must take into consideration their direct exposure to the non-financial private sector. A written announcement issued by the Bank of Portugal on Wednesday says countercyclical reserves are … Continue reading "Portugal’s financial regulator lists Macao as relevant jurisdiction for local banks"
2 July 2021
Another 1 million doses of CoronaVac, a vaccine against COVID-19 devised by Sinovac Biotech Ltd of China, have reached Brazil, Chinese Ambassador to Brazil Yang Wangming says. The shipment of vaccine arrived on Tuesday and was delivered to the Instituto Butantan, a state-owned biomedical research institute in the southern Brazilian state of São Paulo, Mr … Continue reading "Instituto Butantan gets 1 million more doses of CoronaVac"
2 July 2021
Deputy Prime Minister Soares Sambú of Guinea-Bissau has commended the development of China, and expressed hope for a stronger Sino-Guinean relationship, the Chinese Embassy in Bissau says. A written statement issued by the embassy on Tuesday says Mr Sambú did so when he met Chinese Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau Guo Ce last Friday to convey congratulations … Continue reading "Deputy PM calls for closer ties between China, Guinea-Bissau"
2 July 2021
The Portuguese assistant coach of the Chinese national football team, Rui Mota, thinks the Chinese Football Association is on course to succeed in its ambition to make China a world footballing power by 2050, A Bola reports. The Portuguese newspaper quotes Mota as saying an enormous number of centres that train footballers to a high … Continue reading "Chinese football on the right track, Portuguese coach says"
1 July 2021
CULines, together with another Chinese company, state-owned COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers Co. Ltd, will start on July 15 an express direct shipping service carrying containers between the eastern Chinese port of Ningbo and the southern Brazilian port of Santos, CULines says. The ship Cosco Shipping Honor is due to complete the outward leg of its … Continue reading "CULines to start container service between Ningbo and Santos"
1 July 2021
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi has formally opened a Chinese-built facility in Maputo that will begin this year broadcasting terrestrial digital television on 18 channels to over 400,000 households in his country, China Radio International (CRI) reports. At the opening ceremony last Friday, Mr Nyusi thanked China for its technical and financial support in linking Mozambique … Continue reading "Chinese money, know-how bringing digital TV to Mozambique"
1 July 2021
China Economic Information Service Senior Analyst Yu Hui thinks the plan to spur economic recovery in Portugal means chances for Chinese companies to invest there, notably in applying digital electronic technology, in exploiting the sea, and in healthcare, Jornal Económico reports. Ms Yu said so at a conference on new opportunities for Sino-Portuguese cooperation as … Continue reading "Opportunities seen for Chinese to bet on Portuguese recovery"
30 June 2021
Two Chinese companies and Vale Indonesia, a subsidiary of Brazilian miner Vale SA, have formed a joint venture to build and operate a nickel processing plant in Indonesia, the People’s Daily reports. Vale Indonesia owns 49 per cent of the venture, while Shandong Xinhai Technology Co. Ltd and Taiyuan Iron and Steel Co. Ltd, a … Continue reading "Sino-Brazilian joint venture to process nickel in Indonesia"
30 June 2021
Chint Group Co. Ltd, a Chinese maker of electrical components, is among the five contenders to acquire the majority stake in Efacec Power Solutions SGPS SA of Portugal, the Dinheiro Vivo website reports. The Portuguese news website says Chint Group, Elsedewy of Egypt, Iberdrola of Spain, and DST and Sing-Investimentos Globais, both of Portugal, have … Continue reading "Chint Group a contender to run Efacec Power Solutions"
29 June 2021
Thousands of Chinese living in Mozambique have received the second of the two doses of a Chinese-developed vaccine against COVID-19 that are required to inoculate them, the Chinese Embassy in Maputo says. The embassy issued a written statement quoting Chinese Ambassador to Mozambique Wang Hejun as saying so when he visited the Maputo vaccination centre … Continue reading "Thousands of Chinese in Mozambique now fully vaccinated"
29 June 2021
A ship carrying 25,000 protective suits for frontliners in the struggle against COVID-19 in Brazil sails from China today, and is due to unload them in the southern Brazilian port of Santos in a couple of months, the Brazilian government says. The suits are a gift from ByteDance Ltd, the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs … Continue reading "ByteDance giving Brazil 25,000 COVID-19 protective suits"
29 June 2021
The Portuguese tourism promotion agency, Turismo de Portugal, will hold a seminar online tomorrow to show Portuguese tourism businesses how they can use electronic technology to attract Chinese visitors, the agency says. Turismo de Portugal announced in writing that it is jointly putting on the seminar with NEST, which is the Portuguese tourism innovation centre, … Continue reading "How tech can help draw Chinese tourists to Portugal"
25 June 2021
The 32nd Enterprise Internationalization Forum will discuss today opportunities for partnerships linking businesses or institutions in Brazil, Portugal and China, the organisers of the videoconference say. Portugal-China Young Entrepreneurs Association President Alberto Carvalho Neto will tell the conference about how Brazil can exploit the growing ties between China and the Portuguese-speaking world to gain access … Continue reading "Partnerships linking Brazil, Portugal, China on the agenda"
