Belt and Road | Greater Bay Area
25 June 2021
A tanker has delivered 13,800 tonnes of diesel oil to Timor-Leste, the first shipment there of diesel supplied by state-owned China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC), the company says. The diesel is fuel for the Betano power station in southern Timor-Leste, where it was delivered last week, CNPC announced in writing yesterday. The company says a … Continue reading "CNPC makes its first delivery of diesel to Timor-Leste"
24 June 2021
Guinea-Bissau will soon begin inoculating its people against COVID-19 with a vaccine supplied by Sinopharm Group Co. Ltd of China, Lusa reports, quoting the African country’s High Commission for COVID-19 secretary Plácido Cardoso. The Portuguese news agency says neighbouring Senegal presented Guinea-Bissau with 10,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine in February, and that some were … Continue reading "Guinea-Bissau to start using Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine"
24 June 2021
Timorese Ambassador to China Abrão dos Santos believes the economic development of China has benefited his people by creating opportunities for Sino-Timorese cooperation in the fields of infrastructure, farming, fishing and education, the People’s Daily says. A report carried by the international edition of the Chinese Communist Party newspaper on Monday quotes Mr dos Santos … Continue reading "Envoy values opportunities China creates for Timor-Leste"
24 June 2021
Brazilian growers and dealers hope to begin this year selling China more sorts of fresh fruit, including grapes and mangoes, Xinhua reports, citing Brazilian Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Dias. Melons are the only sort of fresh fruit that Brazil sells China at present, and her country would like China to accept other sorts, the Chinese … Continue reading "Brazil hoping to begin exporting grapes, mangoes to China"
23 June 2021
Construction of a bridge in the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia by a consortium of China Communications Construction Co. Ltd and China Railway 20 Bureau Group Corp. will create 8,000 jobs, the People’s Daily says. The partners, both Chinese state-owned enterprises, will build a 12.4 km bridge linking the state capital, Salvador, to the island … Continue reading "Chinese bridge builders to create 8,000 jobs in Brazil"
23 June 2021
Macao businessman Wu Zhiwei intends to make a big investment in tourism in the Alenquer region of Portugal, near Lisbon, NOVO reports. The Portuguese publication quotes Mr Wu as saying he has begun expanding the cellar used by Quinta da Marmeleira, a maker of Portuguese wine he owns in Alenquer. Speaking as vice-president of the … Continue reading "Macao businessman to put money into tourism in Portugal"
23 June 2021
On June 18, the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao) convened a meeting in Beijing. The meeting was headed by Mr Ding Tian, Deputy Secretary-General of Forum Macao. It was attended by Mr Li Xiaohui, Deputy Director of the Department of Taiwan, Hong Kong and … Continue reading "Forum Macao hosts meeting in Beijing"
21 June 2021
Strong demand from China has increased exports of cotton by Brazil to 2.24 million tonnes so far in the year ending June 30, or 23 per cent more than in the corresponding period a year ago, the Brazilian Association of Cotton Producers, or Abrapa, says, citing Brazilian official figures. China was the biggest buyer of … Continue reading "Demand from China boosting Brazilian exports of cotton"
18 June 2021
The promotional event “Macao Week in Shanghai” was held successfully, in tandem with the offline and online promotions to raise Macao’s profile as a healthy, safe and quality destination. The “Macao Week in Shanghai” roadshow attracted around 300,000 spectators on site while related live streams conducted by KOLs engaged over 44.36 million counts of live … Continue reading "“Macao Week in Shanghai” held successfully Attracting visitors with “tourism +” glamour"
18 June 2021
Chinese and African companies stuck 15 deals together worth US$5.1 million at the 2021 China-Africa Online Matchmaking for Agri-products trade fair, The Paper website reports. The Chinese state-run website says over 30 companies that deal in agricultural products such as cashew nuts, sesame seed and spices were represented at the fair, which was held online … Continue reading "US$5.1 mln of deals done at Sino-African trade fair online"
18 June 2021
Chinese maker of cleaning products Nice Group Co. Ltd is investing US$5 million in expanding its factory in the Luanda-Bengo Special Economic Zone in Angola, and will soon take on 300 more workers there, Angop reports. The Angolan state-run news agency quotes the general manager of the factory, Zhuo Ziquan, as saying Nice Group has … Continue reading "Nice Group spending US$5 mln on expanding factory in Angola"
18 June 2021
Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd of China and Brazilian companies WDC Networks and HDT Energy have formed a partnership to apply artificial intelligence and high-performance optimisers with lithium batteries in the generation of solar power, the BN Americas website reports. The website, citing a written statement by Huawei, says HDT Energy, already a partner of Huawei, … Continue reading "Huawei, Brazilian partners to use AI in farming solar energy"
17 June 2021
Timor-Leste has begun inoculating its people against COVID-19, using the CoronaVac vaccine devised by Sinovac Biotech Ltd of China, Xinhua reports. The Chinese state-run news agency quotes Chinese Ambassador to Timor-Leste Xiao Jianguo as saying those with priority when mass vaccination began on Monday included teachers and tertiary students. The report says Timorese Defence Minister … Continue reading "Timor-Leste begins mass inoculation using Chinese vaccine"
16 June 2021
Power Construction Corp. of China Ltd (PowerChina) says a subsidiary will carry out a trial with a view to improving two solar farms in Brazil. CGN Brazil Energy Holdings Ltd, an arm of state-owned China General Nuclear Power Corp., has contracted the subsidiary, SEPCO1 Electric Power Construction Co. Ltd, to improve inverters attached to five … Continue reading "PowerChina to try out improvements to solar farms in Brazil"
15 June 2021
Cabo Verde is about to take delivery of its first 50,000 doses of a vaccine against COVID-19 supplied by Sinopharm Group Co. Ltd of China, Lusa reports, citing Cabo Verdean Health Minister Arlindo do Rosário. The Portuguese news agency quotes Mr do Rosário as saying on Wednesday that the order will raise to almost 200,000 … Continue reading "Cabo Verde to receive first doses of Sinopharm vaccine"
15 June 2021
Brazilian miner Mineração Buritirama SA has taken an order from China Minmetals Corp. for a 10-year supply of manganese, Valor Económico reports. Mineração Buritirama will supply the manganese at the rate of 1.5 million tonnes a year, and the Chinese state-owned trading company will make an advance payment of US$400 million, according to a report … Continue reading "Mineração Buritirama sells China 15 mln tonnes of manganese"
15 June 2021
S&P Global Platts Analytics forecasts that Brazilian exports of soybeans will be greater this month than a year ago, because of strong demand in China. The monitor of commodities markets says in a report it published on Tuesday that Chinese demand for soybeans has leapt as pig farming there recovers from an outbreak of African … Continue reading "June exports of Brazilian soybeans tipped to grow"
11 June 2021
The average price per transaction paid by Chinese buyers of real estate in Portugal last year was over 373,000 euros (about US$454,000), the most paid by buyers of any foreign nationality, the Notícias ao Minuto website reports, citing the findings of a study by the Portuguese Resorts Association. Among the various sets of foreign buyers … Continue reading "Chinese buyers splash out on real estate in Portugal in 2019"
11 June 2021
Brazilian video streaming service Globoplay has shown online a documentary about the effort to vaccinate the people of the central Chinese city of Wuhan against COVID-19 and so restore life there to normal, the China Daily reports. The Chinese state-run newspaper says the video was the fifth in a series of documentaries called “The Vaccine … Continue reading "Globoplay documentary looks at vaccination drive in Wuhan"
11 June 2021
The branch of the Confucius Institute at the University of Lisbon has held the Portuguese heat of the 20th Chinese Bridge, an annual contest among students of Chinese language and culture around the world, the Chinese Embassy in Lisbon says. The embassy, one of the organisers, says in a written statement issued on Tuesday that … Continue reading "Portuguese heat of Chinese language contest held in Lisbon"
