Belt and Road | Greater Bay Area
3 August 2021
Chinese Ambassador to Timor-Leste Xiao Jianguo says Timorese athletes are most welcome to compete in Winter Olympics due to be held in Beijing next year, his embassy says. Mr Xiao and a Timorese government official holding a sport portfolio, Abrão Saldanha, met last Thursday, and the ambassador told Mr Saldanha that China would do all … Continue reading "Warm welcome awaits Timorese at Beijing Winter Olympics"
3 August 2021
Gree Electric Appliances Inc. of China says it will keep developing high-quality air-conditioners for sale in Brazil. The Gree subsidiary in Brazil held a videoconference last week about the advanced technology used in Gree air-conditioners and the enhancement of their energy efficiency, according to a written statement the company posted in social media last Thursday. … Continue reading "Gree to keep making superior aircons for Brazilian market"
2 August 2021
Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd of China says it has opened the Huawei Ecosystem Innovation Technology Center in the southeastern Brazilian city of São Paulo. The company announced in writing that it has invested 35 million reals (about US$6.8 million) in the facility for developing and testing innovations in fifth-generation (5G) wireless telecommunications technology. The facility … Continue reading "Huawei opens 5G technology innovation centre in São Paulo"
2 August 2021
Mozambican Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Olegário dos Anjos Banze is seeking to expand Sino-Mozambicantrade in agricultural produce, the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs says. Mr Banze said so when he and Permanent Representative of China to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization Guang Defu met on Tuesday to talk about … Continue reading "Deputy minister calls for more Sino-Mozambican farm trade"
2 August 2021
Chinese Ambassador to Timor-Leste Xiao Jianguo expects closer Sino-Timoresecooperation within the framework of the Chinese Belt and Road initiative, his embassy says. The Chinese Embassy in Dili issued on Wednesday a written statement quoting Mr Xiao as saying so the day before, at a meeting of representatives of Timor-Leste and foreign contributors to development of … Continue reading "Closer Sino-Timorese cooperation on infrastructure forecast"
30 July 2021
Only the United States bought more Brazilian ornamental rock than China in the first half of this year, the Brazilian association of exporters of ornamental rock, Centrorochas, says. The Chinese market favoured unprocessed rock, while the US market preferred finished rock, Centrorochas announced in writing last week. The value of first-half exports of Brazilian ornamental … Continue reading "China second-biggest H1 buyer of Brazilian ornamental rock"
30 July 2021
Chinese living in Portugal have competed in the heats there of the annual Water Cube Cup contest among Chinese expatriates worldwide to find the best performances of Chinese songs, the China News Service (CNS) reports. A report carried by the Chinese state-run news agency on Tuesday quotes Chinese Ambassador to Portugal Zhou Bentang as saying … Continue reading "Heats of global song contest draw Chinese expats in Portugal"
29 July 2021
The health industry regulator in Brazil, Anvisa, says Blau Farmacêutica has asked for permission for emergency use there of the two-dose vaccine against COVID-19 devised by Sinopharm Group Co. Ltd of China. The Brazilian company made the request on Monday, Anvisa announced in writing that day. Anvisa says it is checking the paperwork submitted with … Continue reading "Request made to use Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine in Brazil"
29 July 2021
Cabo Verdean Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva regards the new campus of the University of Cabo Verde as a milestone marking the progress of Sino-Cabo Verdean cooperation, and has thanked China for building it, the university says. Mr Correia e Silva was speaking at the opening of the campus in Praia last Friday, the … Continue reading "University of Cabo Verde opens new, Chinese-built campus"
29 July 2021
The 15-strong Cabo Verdean delegation to the Toyko Olympic Games includes Humberto Évora, a specialist in sports medicine who worked for many years in Macao, Ponto Final reports. The Macao newspaper quotes Dr Évora saying all possible precautions have been taken in the Olympic Village against spreading COVID-19 among the 18,000 competitors and officials attending … Continue reading "Cabo Verdean Olympic team brings along doctor with Macao ties"
28 July 2021
Chinese Ambassador to Timor-Leste Xiao Jianguo has expressed the support of China for the Timorese bid to join the World Trade Organization, his embassy says. A Facebook post by the Chinese Embassy in Dili quotes Mr Xiao as voicing Chinese support when he and Timorese Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Joaquim Amaral met last Saturday. … Continue reading "Envoy voices Chinese backing for Timorese membership of WTO"
28 July 2021
China Energy Engineering Group Co. Ltd (Energy China), along with Maturati Participações SA and Meta Serviços e Projetos Ltda of Brazil, has struck a deal worth US$381 million to build six hydroelectric power stations in the basin of the Cuiabá River in western Brazil, Energy China says. The Chinese state-owned company announced in writing yesterday … Continue reading "Brazilian power infrastructure deal signed at Macao forum"
27 July 2021
A bid of US$510 million by State Grid Corp. of China has bagged the two-thirds of power distributor Companhia Estadual de Energia Elétrica (CEEE) being sold by the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, Caixin reports. The Chinese magazine quotes State Grid as saying CEEE should thrive because the Chinese state-owned company will … Continue reading "State Grid Corp of China bid wins control of CEEE of Brazil"
27 July 2021
Portuguese Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva has told Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi that the Portuguese market will always be open to Chinese companies, Xinhua reports. The Chinese government-run news agency quotes Mr Silva as saying so when the ministers attended last Thursday a videoconference intended to contribute to Sino-Portuguese strategic dialogue. Mr Silva said … Continue reading "Minister says Portugal always welcomes Chinese enterprises"
26 July 2021
Ameca, the Chinese traditional medicine and acupuncture association in Brazil, means to begin training practitioners of such treatments, the China News Service (CNS) reports, citing Ameca President Hui Qing. Ms Hui said in an interview that the training courses would entail opportunities for Brazilian trainees to receive instruction in China, according to a report carried … Continue reading "Brazilians to be trained in Chinese traditional medicine"
26 July 2021
Charlestrong Engineering Technology and Consulting Ltd of Macao has begun selling the 240 apartments in the second phase of its Vila Olímpica housing development in Maputo, Jornal Notícias reports. The Mozambican newspaper says the sales drive is the outcome of a deal struck by Charlestrong and the Mozambican state housing agency. Buyers can pay a … Continue reading "Charlestrong now selling homes in Mozambican development"
26 July 2021
Trade in merchandise between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries reached US$38.491 billion in the period from January to March 2021. It represented a 20.41 percent increase year-on-year, according to data from China Customs. Portuguese-speaking Countries sold goods worth US$25.283 billion to China in the first three months of 2021 – an increase of 8.86 percent year-on-year. The value … Continue reading "Trade between China, Portuguese-speaking Countries tops US$38.49bln in January-March 2020"
20 July 2021
Angolan President João Lourenço has authorised the purchase by his government of US$85 million worth of Chinese military equipment, Novo Jornal reports, citing the document granting authority. The document says the equipment will better enable Angola to defend its territory and the airspace above it, according to a report carried by the Angolan newspaper last … Continue reading "Angola one step closer to buying equipment from China to strengthen national defence strategy"
20 July 2021
The regulator of the health industry in Brazil, Anvisa, says it has given permission for a third-phase clinical trial there of a third vaccine against COVID-19 developed in China. Almost 8,000 adult volunteers in the states of Goiás, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina and São Paulo will be given two doses of the inactivated vaccine, … Continue reading "Brazil to try out third Chinese vaccine against COVID-19"
20 July 2021
Over 20 young Chinese Catholics living in Portugal or the central Chinese city of Xi’an have got together to compose and record the Chinese version of the anthem for World Youth Day Lisbon 2023, the organisers of the international Catholic event say. Young Chinese living in Portugal, helped by Chinese missionary Dominia Shen Lijun, took … Continue reading "Chinese Catholics contribute to World Youth Day Lisbon 2023"
