Belt and Road | Greater Bay Area
14 May 2021
The Chinese-financed construction in São Tomé and Príncipe of five blocks of public housing, together containing 60 homes, has been completed, the Chinese Embassy in São Tomé says. Chinese Ambassador to São Tomé and Príncipe Xu Yingzhen and São Toméan Prime Minister Jorge Bom Jesus together inspected the buildings on Tuesday, according to a written … Continue reading "Chinese-funded public housing on São Tomé Island completed"
13 May 2021
China has offered about 3,000 doses of a Chinese vaccine against COVID-19 to Angolan delegates to the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games this year, Jornal de Angola reports. The offer was made when Chinese Ambassador to Angola Gong Tao met Angolan Olympic Committee chief Gustavo da Conceição and Angolan Paralympic Committee chief Leonel da … Continue reading "Angolan Olympic, Paralympic teams offered Chinese vaccines"
13 May 2021
Fudan University in the eastern Chinese city of Shanghai is holding today a workshop for young people to discuss the part Brazil plays in the bloc comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (the BRICS), the university says. The workshop will be held in the Fudan University Center for BRICS Studies with a view … Continue reading "Fudan University workshop discusses Brazilian role in BRICS"
12 May 2021
South China Agricultural University in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou and Yuan Longping High-Tech Agriculture Co. Ltd, a subsidiary of Chinese state-owned CITIC Group Corp., will open in Brazil next Tuesday a facility for breeding soybean plants, Lusa reports. The Portuguese news agency quotes an official of the university, Sherry Yuan Juhua, as saying … Continue reading "Chinese farm partnership to breed soybean plants in Brazil"
12 May 2021
An agricultural improvement scheme in Cabo Verde jointly undertaken by China and the UN Food and Agricultural Organization has benefited over 4,500 people there since it began in February, the People’s Daily says. The FAO-China South-South Cooperation Programme has contributed US$1.5 million to the cost of the three-year scheme, according to a report in the … Continue reading "Chinese-aided improvements to farming benefit Cabo Verdeans"
11 May 2021
As the pandemic situation continues to stay stable, the Macao Special Administrative Region Government has progressively unrolled an array of physical events to promote the destination in Mainland China, including a series of “Macao Weeks”. Among the series, the “Macao Week in Jiangsu” will be held in Nanjing from 13 – 17 May. The event … Continue reading "“Macao Week in Jiangsu” poised to unfold in mid-May Leading Mainland visitors onto fascinating Macao journey"
11 May 2021
Chinese maker of cleaning products Nice Group Co. Ltd is expanding its factory in the Luanda-Bengo Special Economic Zone in Angola, the China Cleaning Industry Association says. The association issued a written statement saying Nice Group products quickly gained popularity in Angola after the factory opened over a year ago. The statement quotes Chinese Ambassador … Continue reading "Nice Group expanding cleaning products factory in Angola"
10 May 2021
The Portuguese-speaking Countries Film Festival has opened in Shanghai with a Brazilian film, “Central Station”, the Fosun Foundation says. A social media post by the foundation says the film was shown on Wednesday in the Fosun Foundation building in Shanghai. The foundation says screenings of two Portuguese films, “Mother Knows Best” and “Cats Don’t Have … Continue reading "Shanghai holds Portuguese-speaking Countries Film Festival"
10 May 2021
The tax collector in the northwestern Chinese city of Lanzhou has been giving tax guidance to 12 financial managers of subsidiaries abroad of a local company, China Gansu International Economic and Technical Cooperation Co. Ltd, including an Angolan subsidiary, the Gansu Daily says. Lanzhou Taxation Bureau officials are available around the clock to give guidance … Continue reading "Lanzhou taxman advises Angolan unit of Chinese enterprise"
7 May 2021
The Chinese Embassy in Timor-Leste says it has given US$20,000 to a Timorese charity, the Quesadhip Ruak Center Foundation, to help children made homeless by floods there last month. China will continue helping Timorese to recover from the floods, a written announcement issued by the embassy on Monday quotes Chinese Ambassador to Timor-Leste Xiao Jianguo … Continue reading "Chinese gift to help Timorese children displaced by floods"
6 May 2021
Trade in merchandise between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries reached US$25.028 billion in the period from January to February 2021. It represented a 17.09 percent increase year-on-year, according to data from China Customs. Portuguese-speaking Countries sold goods worth US$16.128 billion to China in the first two months of 2021 – a rise of 2.57 percent year-on-year. The … Continue reading "Trade between China, Portuguese-speaking Countries nearly US$25.03bln in January-February 2021"
6 May 2021
Rio Paraná Energia SA, a Brazilian subsidiary of Chinese state-owned China Three Gorges Corp. (CTG) is issuing 845 million reals (US$155.2 million) of debt paper so it can upgrade two hydroelectric power stations in Brazil. The Rio Paraná Energia board approved last week the sale of 10-year debt to raise money to invest in the … Continue reading "Brazilian arm of CTG borrowing to improve power stations"
6 May 2021
Four mobile kitchens, a gift from China, have completed their task of feeding over 1,300 people displaced by floods in Timor-Leste, the People’s Daily reports. Heavy rain inundated Díli and other low-lying parts of Timor-Leste on April 4, badly damaging homes, roads and bridges, according to a report carried by the Chinese Communist Party newspaper … Continue reading "Chinese mobile kitchens feed Timorese displaced by floods"
5 May 2021
Trade between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries topped US$13.139 billion in the first month of 2021, an increase of 4.5 percent from a year earlier and a 2.14-percent rise from the previous month, according to data from China Customs. In January, the value of China’s imports from Portuguese-speaking Countries reached US$8.254 billion, down by 0.24 percent year-on-year but … Continue reading "China, Portuguese-speaking Countries trade tops US$13.13bln in Jan 2021"
5 May 2021
Official data indicate that the value of merchandise exports by Macao to the Portuguese-speaking world grew to 291,400 patacas (about US$36,500) in the first quarter of this year, more than twice the value a year earlier. Figures published by the Macao Statistics and Census Service last week show that all first-quarter exports were domestic exports, … Continue reading "Q1 exports by Macao to lusophone world double to US$36,500"
5 May 2021
Brazil is building up its capacity to make vaccines against COVID-19, including those developed in China, so it can supply other countries, the Global Times reports, citing Brazilian Ambassador to China Paulo Estivallet de Mesquita. Brazil hopes to make or to get from China or other countries more than enough vaccine to inoculate all Brazilians … Continue reading "Brazil aiming to widen market for Chinese-developed vaccines"
5 May 2021
The Mozambican subsidiary of Chinese state-owned China Railway 20 Bureau Group Corp. (CR20) has harvested 10,000 tonnes of rice from its Xai-Xai farm in southern Mozambique, taking the fourth crop of the season, the Shaanxi.cnwest.com website says. The farm expects to harvest 16,000 tonnes of rice in all from 2,400 hectares, despite disruption caused by … Continue reading "Rice harvest on CR20 farm in Mozambique hits 10,000 tonnes"
4 May 2021
In late April 2021, Deputy-Secretary General of the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao), Mr Ding Tian, led a Forum Macao delegation on a visit to Beijing. The delegation paid courtesy visits to, respectively, the Ambassadors or attachés in China of Angola, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau, … Continue reading "Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao visits Beijing"
4 May 2021
China Development Integration Ltd of Hong Kong and state-owned China Machinery Engineering Corp. say they have a deal on the engineering, procurement, construction, and financing of a solar farm with a capacity of 1,100 megawatts in the southeastern Brazilian port of Açu. The US$1 billion project will be financed in part by Chinese equity funds, … Continue reading "Chinese companies to build solar farm at Brazilian port"
4 May 2021
Cabo Verdean Ambassador to Beijing Tânia Romualdo has expressed her gratitude to China for supplying her country with resources needed to counter the COVID-19 pandemic, the People’s Daily reports. The international edition of the Chinese Communist Party newspaper says Ms Romualdo was speaking at a celebration on Tuesday of 45 years of Sino-Cabo Verdean diplomatic … Continue reading "Envoy thanks China for helping Cabo Verde counter COVID-19"
