Belt and Road | Greater Bay Area
23 November 2021
China has started a programme of official aid to ensure over 150,000 pupils at nearly 700 schools in Guinea-Bissau are properly fed, CCTV reports. The Chinese state-run television broadcaster says the aid will be coursed through the South-South Cooperation Assistance Fund. The report says Guinean Education Minister Cirilo Mamasaliu Djaló, Chinese Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau Guo … Continue reading "Chinese govt to help feed 150,000 Guinean schoolchildren"
22 November 2021
Dalian University of Foreign Languages, in northern China, and the Federal University of Paraíba, or UFPB, in northeastern Brazil, have agreed to help facilitate Sino-Brazilian academic exchanges, the Chinese university says. Dalian University of Foreign Languages Rector Liu Hong and UFPB Rector Valdiney Gouveia signed the agreement in a ceremony held online this week, which … Continue reading "Universities in Dalian, Paraíba agree to spur exchanges"
22 November 2021
China Railway Rolling Stock Corp. (CRRC) Tangshan Co. Ltd has begun making train sets for the Metro do Porto metropolitan railway in the northern Portuguese city of Oporto, the China News Service (CNS) reports. The Chinese state-run news agency says Chinese state-owned CRRC Tangshan ceremonially started the production line on Wednesday. The report quotes CRRC … Continue reading "CRRC Tangshan begins building rolling stock for Oporto metro"
19 November 2021
A Brazilian farming cooperative, Central Cooperativa Gaúcha Ltda (CCGL), has flown a shipment of milk powder to China, the first Brazilian dairy produce to be exported there, Valor Económico says. CCGL has registered its brand in mainland China and found a partner there to market its milk powder and other dairy produce, according to a … Continue reading "Co-op pioneers Brazilian exports of dairy produce to China"
19 November 2021
A South Korean shipyard has ceremonially bid bon voyage to a floating facility for producing and storing liquefied natural gas, which will be put to work off the coast of northern Mozambique, Lusa reports. The Portuguese news agency says the facility is due to start operating in the Coral gas field in the Rovuma Basin … Continue reading "Floating LNG production facility bound for Mozambican waters"
19 November 2021
Aiways Automobiles Co. Ltd of China and European distributor Astara have agreed to launch Aiways motor vehicles in the Portuguese and Spanish markets, the DoNews website reports. The Chinese website says the agreement, reached on Tuesday, means the Aiways U5 electric sport utility vehicle will appear in showrooms and go on sale online on the … Continue reading "Aiways vehicles to make debut in Portuguese showrooms"
18 November 2021
Brazilian miner Vale SA and Chinese state-owned steelmaker China Baowu Steel Group Corp. Ltd have agreed to develop a way of making steel that leaves a smaller carbon footprint, Vale says. The companies will together study the economic feasibility of producing biochar – a carbon-neutral material based on biomass – and using it in blast … Continue reading "Vale, Baowu to develop low-carbon method of steelmaking"
18 November 2021
An arm of electricity company Energias de Portugal (EDP), EDP Renováveis, will sell 12 wind farms in Spain to the biggest shareholder in EDP, China Three Gorges Corp. (CTG), for 307 million euros (about US$349.3 million), EDP Renováveis says. The wind farms have a combined capacity of 181 megawatts, each is 12 years old, on … Continue reading "China Three Gorges buying 12 EDP Renováveis wind farms"
17 November 2021
The subsidiary in Angola of Chinese state-owned Sinohydro Corp. will soon begin building a new airport to serve the northwestern Angolan city of Mbanza Kongo, Angop reports, citing the operator of Angolan airports, SGA. The airport will cost 89.9 billion kwanzas (about US$150.6 million), SGA President Nataniel Domingos is quoted as saying in a report … Continue reading "Sinohydro to build airport for UNESCO-listed city in Angola"
17 November 2021
China is fully committed to helping São Tomé and Príncipe hit its target of eradicating malaria by 2025, STP-Press reports. The São Toméan state-run news agency says the Chinese commitment was expressed at a meeting last Friday of São Toméan Health Minister Edgar Neves and representatives of various partners of his country, including the World … Continue reading "China pledges to help rid São Tomé and Príncipe of malaria by 2025"
16 November 2021
China Road and Bridge Corp. (CRBC) intends to invest US$3 billion in developing the Marginal da Corimba waterfront, which will stretch southward from Luanda, Angop reports, citing a representative of the Angolan subsidiary of the Chinese state-owned contractor. The Angolan state-run news agency quotes the representative, Yuan Chunkun, as saying last week that CRBC is … Continue reading "CRBC means to spend US$3 bln on new waterfront for Luanda"
16 November 2021
12Representatives of China and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) have turned over to the Mozambican authorities eight schools, three marketplaces, 17 homes and other infrastructure damaged by Cyclone Idai in 2019, which the UNDP has rebuilt with Chinese money, the Chinese Embassy in Maputo says. Chinese Ambassador to Mozambique Wang Hejun was among the dignitaries … Continue reading "China, UNDP rebuilds storm-damaged Mozambican infrastructure"
15 November 2021
A funding round led by Softbank Group Corp. of Japan and Tencent Holdings Ltd of China has raised $200 million for Brazilian freight management company Frete.com, Reuters reports. The news agency says the exercise makes Frete.com the newest Latin American unicorn, a privately-held start-up valued at over US$1 billion. The report quotes Frete.com Chief Executive … Continue reading "Tencent among contributors to $200 mln raised for Frete.com"
12 November 2021
Chinese-owned Syngenta group has given ConnectFarm of Brazil the contract to spend five years turning 1 million hectares of degraded pastureland in Brazil into arable land, Reuters reports, citing ConnectFarm. The news agency quotes the Brazilian farming technology company as saying in written statement issued on Tuesday that it will help the farmers of the … Continue reading "Syngenta to turn Brazilian pastures into soybean fields"
12 November 2021
A Portuguese minister has expressed the eagerness of his government for more travel between China and Portugal and greater flows of investment when the COVID-19 pandemic abates, the Chinese Embassy in Lisbon says. The embassy issued a written statement saying Minister of Internal Administration Eduardo Cabrita did so in a meeting this week with Chinese … Continue reading "More travel, investment between Portugal, China envisaged"
9 November 2021
Representatives of 13 Portuguese vintners will attend this week the ProWine China 2021 trade fair under the auspices of the Portuguese wine industry association, ViniPortugal, the China Quality Daily reports. The Chinese state-run newspaper says the fair opens in Shanghai tomorrow and will end on Thursday. The report quotes ViniPortugal President Frederico Falcão as saying … Continue reading "Portuguese vintners to attend ProWine China fair yet again"
8 November 2021
The subsidiary in Angola of state-owned China Road and Bridge Corp. (CRBC) has taken the contract to develop the Marginal da Corimba waterfront, which will stretch southward from Luanda, Expansão reports. The Angolan newspaper quotes Angolan Minister of Public Works and Land Planning Manuel Tavares de Almeida as having said in May that the waterfront … Continue reading "CRBC to develop waterfront on south side of Angolan capital"
8 November 2021
The Portuguese Football Federation has awarded Wanda Sports, an arm of Chinese conglomerate Wanda Group, rights to develop sponsorship business for the Portuguese national team that will compete in the men’s football World Cup next year, Wanda Group says. Wanda Sports has the rights to develop such business in mainland China, Taiwan, Macao and Hong … Continue reading "Wanda Sports bags deal with Portuguese Football Federation"
5 November 2021
Trade in merchandise between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries reached US$131.408 billion in the period from January to August 2021. It represented a 43.85 percent increase year-on-year, according to data from China Customs. Portuguese-speaking Countries sold goods worth US$91.646 billion to China in the first eight months of 2021 – up by 38.26 percent year-on-year. The value of China’s merchandise exports … Continue reading "Trade between China, Portuguese-speaking Countries tops US$131.408bln in January-August 2021"
4 November 2021
The 6th Chinese Film Festival in São Paulo has opened, with the films being shown online as a precaution against spreading Covid-19, the China News Service (CNS) reports. The Chinese state-run news agency says the cultural authorities in the southeastern Brazilian state and the branch of the Confucius Institute at São Paulo State University are … Continue reading "6th Chinese Film Festival in São Paulo opens online"
