Belt and Road | Greater Bay Area
4 November 2021
The Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute, or IPIM, says products of Portuguese-speaking parts of the world will be on show at the next Macao-Guangzhou Products Fair. IPIM announced in writing that the institute and the Guangzhou Municipal Commission of Commerce will jointly hold the fair at the Poly World Trade Centre in the southern … Continue reading "Guangzhou fair to show products of Portuguese-speaking world"
3 November 2021
China has agreed to support an emergency effort to improve the nutrition of mothers in Timor-Leste, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) says. The support, from the Chinese South-South Cooperation Assistance Fund, will help the UN agency give over 12,000 pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers in 13 Timorese municipalities a special diet to lessen the … Continue reading "China to help drive by WFP to feed Timorese mothers properly"
3 November 2021
Angolan Minister of State for Social Affairs Carolina Cerqueira has ritually broken ground for construction of a dam across the Ndúe River in the southern Angolan province of Cunene, Jornal de Angola reports. The newspaper says she performed the ceremony last Friday. The dam and the 75 km of conduits and 15 tanks associated with … Continue reading "PowerChina starts work on building dam in southern Angola"
28 October 2021
Brazilian retailing chain Lojas Americanas SA intends to open this year a representative office in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, its first foothold in mainland China, O Globo reports. Lojas Americanas means to begin importing Chinese products sold online in Brazil, managing the process of getting the goods to the customer, according to a … Continue reading "Lojas Americanas of Brazil to open office in Shenzhen"
28 October 2021
Guangxi Guobao Golden Camellia Tea Industry Co. Ltd of China has listed its shares at the Mozambique International Stock Exchange, Xinhua reports. An executive of the company, Chen Qiliang, believes the listing will help transform the enterprise for the better, according to a report carried by the Chinese government-run news agency last Sunday. The report … Continue reading "Chinese producer of herbal tea lists stock in Mozambique"
27 October 2021
Flamengo sported jerseys designed to draw the attention of Chinese football fans when the club took on Fluminense in the Rio de Janeiro derby match at the weekend. Each jersey bears the wearer’s name written in Chinese characters, and a patch marking the Year of the Ox in the Chinese lunar calendar, according to a … Continue reading "Flamengo jerseys meant to catch the eye of fans in China"
27 October 2021
A contest among university students in China to find the best singers of songs in Portuguese drew entrants from seven parts of the country, including Macao, Beijing and the province of Sichuan, Xinhua reports. The Chinese government-run news agency says the competition, the ninth of its kind, was held at Beijing Foreign Studies University last … Continue reading "Chinese students vie for acclaim by singing in Portuguese"
27 October 2021
Trade in merchandise between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries reached US$109.475 billion in the period from January to July 2021. It represented a 40.96 percent increase year-on-year, according to data from China Customs. Portuguese-speaking Countries sold goods worth US$76.065 billion to China in the first seven months of 2021 – up by 35.27 percent year-on-year. The value of China’s merchandise exports … Continue reading "Trade between China, Portuguese-speaking Countries nearly US$109.475bln in January-July 2021"
8 October 2021
Brazilian biotechnology company Biomm SA says it has secured the right to distribute in Brazil the Convidecia vaccine against COVID-19 developed by CanSino Biologics of China. Biomm will ask the Brazilian regulator, Anvisa, to permit emergency use of Convidecia, the company announced in writing last week. It says its deal with CanSino allows for eventual … Continue reading "Biomm to distribute CanSino COVID-19 vaccine in Brazil"
8 October 2021
A subsidiary of West China Cement has struck a deal with the Ministry of Industry and Trade in Mozambique to invest US$800 million in four new industrial facilities there, Carta de Moçambique reports. The Mozambican newspaper quotes Mozambican Minister of Industry and Trade Carlos Mesquita as saying West China Cement has scouted the provinces of … Continue reading "West China Cement to put US$800 mln into Mozambican projects"
8 October 2021
The Portuguese trade and investment promotion agency, AICEP, will hold on October 14 an online seminar about opportunities for Portuguese companies in the food and drink business in China. The agency announced in writing that the seminar will be conducted in English, and that attendance is free of charge. Among the speakers will be Ana … Continue reading "AICEP seminar to advise on selling food and drink in China"
30 September 2021
State-owned China National Tobacco Corp. is selling its stake in a joint venture in Brazil to its Hong Kong subsidiary, China Tobacco International (HK) Co. Ltd, the subsidiary says. China Tobacco International (HK) told the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that it would pay China National Tobacco US$63.4 million for the stake of 51 per cent … Continue reading "China National Tobacco sells venture in Brazil to HK arm"
30 September 2021
A Chinese-led geological survey has found that 70 percent of Angolan territory contains mineral resources, Angop reports. The Angolan state-run news agency quotes Angolan Geological Institute President Canga Xiaquivuila as saying the survey, now two-thirds complete, found 42 sorts of mineral, among them diamonds, copper, iron, silver, manganese, gold, limestone, marble and granite. Mr Xiaquivuila … Continue reading "Most of Angola sits on minerals, Chinese-led survey finds"
30 September 2021
Sales in Asia by Portuguese maker of car parts Sodecia SA have been boosted by the factory the company opened 10 years ago in the northeastern Chinese city of Dalian, China Radio International (CRI) reports, citing the manager of the Sodecia subsidiary that runs the factory. The Portuguese-language service of the Chinese state-run broadcaster quotes … Continue reading "Car part factory in China drives Sodecia business in Asia"
29 September 2021
The Brazilian company that sells Lev electric scooters is now officially certified as a fully green business, which will allow it to borrow cheaply up to 58 million reals (about US$10.9 million) to expand its distribution network, O Globo reports. The Brazilian newspaper says the company intends to borrow from Brazilian bank Itaú BBA to … Continue reading "Brazilian seller of Lev electric scooters wins green label"
29 September 2021
Timor-Leste was among over 120 countries represented at a conference online about the development of aquaculture, which was conducted from the eastern Chinese city of Shanghai, the Chinese Embassy in Díli says. A representative of the Timorese Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries attended the conference, which began last Wednesday and ended last Saturday, according to … Continue reading "Timorese attends Chinese-run conference on aquaculture"
29 September 2021
President Filipe Nyusi of Mozambique has formally opened the digital television studios built for state-run broadcaster Televisão de Moçambique in the northern Mozambican city of Pemba, his government says. An official written statement quotes Mr Nyusi as saying at the opening last week that the studios are a manifestation of the changeover to digital television … Continue reading "President opens digital TV studios in northern Mozambique"
28 September 2021
Chinese companies are among the 60 enterprises that will be represented at the 24th International Fair of Cabo Verde, to be held in Praia from November 17 to 20, Inforpress reports. The Cabo Verdean state-run news agency quotes the executive director of the event, Angélica Fortes, as telling a news conference held in Mindelo on … Continue reading "International Fair of Cabo Verde draws Chinese companies"
27 September 2021
A cargo of 30,000 tonnes of crude oil sent to China from Angola by Chinese state-owned oil company Sinopec Corp. has been certified as carbon neutral, making it the first shipment of oil to China so certified, Reuters says. Chinese state-owned COSCO Shipping Lines transported the oil to a Sinopec refinery in eastern China, the … Continue reading "First carbon-neutral oil shipment to China is from Angola"
27 September 2021
A party of health workers from the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan is in São Tomé and Príncipe to undertake the 17th Chinese medical mission to that country, the West China Second University Hospital says. Having trained for the mission for nearly nine months, the party arrived in São Tomé and Príncipe on Sunday to … Continue reading "New Chinese medical mission lands in São Tomé and Príncipe"
