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27 May 2021
A drive by the Macao-Timor Friendship Association to raise money for the survivors of severe flooding in Timor-Leste has collected MOP63,460 (almost US$8,000) since it began last month , Lusa reports. The Portuguese news agency says the money will be used by the Timorese authorities and a charity, Fundação São João de Deus. The report … Continue reading "US$8,000 raised in Macao for flood survivors in Timor-Leste"
26 May 2021
As the pandemic situation remains stable, the Macao Special Administrative Region Government has progressively unrolled an array of physical initiatives to promote the destination in Mainland China, including a series of “Macao Weeks”. Among the series, the “Macao Week in Shanghai” roadshow will be held from 3 – 7 June. Following the “Macao Weeks” held … Continue reading "“Macao Week in Shanghai” will be staged in early June Manifesting Macao’s “tourism +” glamour"
26 May 2021
Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd of China has given a secondary school in Mozambique computer equipment for instructing pupils in information and communication technology, Rádio Moçambique reports. The state-run station says the equipment, some of it for wireless access to the Internet and videoconferences, was formally handed over last week. Huawei and the Mozambican Ministry of … Continue reading "Huawei donates computer gear to Mozambican secondary school"
25 May 2021
Angolan state-owned airline TAAG has flown for the first time from Changsha, in the southern Chinese province of Hunan, to Luanda, the Hunan Daily reports. The flight, last week, carried 58.3 tonnes of face masks, according to the Communist Party of China Hunan Provincial Committee newspaper. The plane carried only freight, to save the bother … Continue reading "TAAG makes maiden flight from Changsha to Luanda"
25 May 2021
BRF SA Chief Executive Lorival Luz has said the Brazilian supplier of meat is looking for new opportunities to increase the business it does in China by producing meat there, Reuters reports. The news agency quotes Mr Luz as saying during a gathering online last week that BRF sells in China over 30 per cent … Continue reading "BRF considering China as a place for production of meat"
25 May 2021
The Portugal-China Chamber of Commerce and Industry says it will promote tomorrow a document entitled “Guidelines for European SMEs Seeking Research and Innovation Cooperation in China,” in cooperation with the the Portuguese Society for Innovation. The chamber announced online that a videoconference will give an overview of opportunities awaiting European small and medium enterprises in … Continue reading "Portuguese chamber advising SMEs on doing business in China"
24 May 2021
The health industry regulator in Brazil, Anvisa, says it has been asked for permission for emergency use of there of Convidecia, a single-dose vaccine against COVID-19 developed in China. Belcher Farmacêutica of Brazil, representing CanSino Biologics of China, asked for permission on Tuesday, Anvisa announced in writing the day after. If the paperwork is in … Continue reading "Request made to use new Chinese COVID-19 vaccine in Brazil"
24 May 2021
The Macao Scientific and Cultural Centre in Lisbon says it will hold online next Friday a conference on the designation of Macao as a UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation Creative City of Gastronomy. The centre posted on its website an announcement saying its head, Carmen Amado Mendes, will open the conference. The announcement says … Continue reading "Macao institution in Lisbon to hold gastronomy conference"
21 May 2021
Macao enterprises have struck deals to sell goods produced in Portuguese-speaking parts of the world to buyers in the city of Nanjing, capital of the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu, according to the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute, or IPIM. IPIM issued a written statement saying the deals were done in a business-matching session … Continue reading "Macao dealers sell products of lusophone world in Nanjing"
21 May 2021
State-owned China Jiangxi International Economic and Technical Cooperation Co. Ltd (CJIC) says it has turned over to the Mozambican government the Corumana Dam, built by CJIC in southern Mozambique. Construction began in 2018, Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi attended the ceremonial completion in October, and the dam was turned over to his government last week, CJIC … Continue reading "CJIC turns over dam intended to improve Maputo water supply"
20 May 2021
The “Macao Week in Jiangsu” roadshow was held splendidly along the Pedestrian Street at Confucius Temple in Nanjing for four days in a row from 14 – 17 May, in tandem with the offline and online promotions to raise Macao’s profile as a healthy, safe and quality destination and attract Mainland visitors to Macao. The … Continue reading "“Macao Week in Jiangsu” abounds with spectators Radiating Macao’s “tourism +” glamour for four days"
20 May 2021
Governor Hui Jianlin of the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu believes Macao, by functioning as a place where China and the Portuguese-speaking world can do business, can help Jiangsu enterprises penetrate lusophone markets, the Macao SAR Government says. Mr Hui said so when he met Macao Secretary for the Economy and Finance Lei Wai Nong … Continue reading "Jiangsu wants Macao help to penetrate lusophone markets"
20 May 2021
China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Medicines and Health Products Deputy Director Liu Yan thinks the abundance of medicinal plants in Brazil will drive Sino-Brazilian trade in goods for pharmaceutical use, the chamber says. The chamber issued a written statement quoting Ms Liu as saying so last week in the first session … Continue reading "Potential for Sino-Brazilian trade in medicinal plants seen"
18 May 2021
A demonstration of how to prepare Macanese and Portuguese food, a feature of Macao Week in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu, was shown live online, the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) says. The MGTO issued a written statement saying the demonstration was given last Saturday at the Jinling Hotel in the provincial capital, Nanjing, … Continue reading "Chef demonstrates Macanese, Portuguese cooking in Nanjing"
18 May 2021
Shanwei Cathay Food Industries Ltd has exported to Portugal 36 tonnes of frozen tilapia, the first frozen fish to be exported there from the southern Chinese city of Shanwei, the Shanwei Daily reports. The shipment passed Chinese customs, the newspaper says in a report it carried last week. The report says Shanwei Cathay Food exports … Continue reading "Shanwei Cathay Food begins exporting frozen fish to Portugal"
18 May 2021
Dance instructor Carolina Liu Chang, formerly of the Macao University of Science and Technology, is teaching today at the University of Minho in northern Portugal the second of four lessons she is giving in Chinese traditional dancing, the branch of the Confucius Institute there says. The branch issued a written statement saying the last two … Continue reading "University of Minho teaches Chinese traditional dancing"
17 May 2021
Samples of pork from Portugal and Spain are being displayed in four supermarkets in Beijing until the middle of next month as part of a campaign to promote sales in mainland China, the China Daily reports. The Chinese state-run newspaper says the pork went on display last week under the campaign slogan, “European pork, excellence … Continue reading "Beijing supermarkets promoting sales of pork from Portugal"
17 May 2021
The Brazilian Bar Association and the University of Coimbra Sino-Lusophone Academy in Portugal have held a one-day international conference on sustainable development and greater use of electronic technology, the association says. The association issued a written statement quoting its International Relations National Commission president, Claudio Lamachia, as telling the conference, held on Wednesday, that the … Continue reading "Lawyers in Brazil, academics in Portugal mull digital transition"
17 May 2021
Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards Group NV says its yard in the central Chinese city of Yichang has launched a roll-on, roll-off ferry, the Berlin-Ramelau, for service in Timor-Leste. Port Authority of Timor-Leste President Flávio Cardoso Neves said the ship had been built almost without any hitches caused by to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a … Continue reading "Damen Shipyards Yichang yard launches ferry for Timor-Leste"
14 May 2021
State-owned China Jiangxi Corporation for Economic & Technical Cooperation Co. Ltd (CJIC) has started construction of a mixed-use development in Mutanhane, just north of Maputo, Jornal Visão reports. The Mozambican newspaper says CJIC will spend US$250 million on building 500 homes on a 50 hectare site. The newspaper quotes an executive of CJIC, Li Changchun, … Continue reading "Jiangxi developer building homes in southern Mozambique"