Belt and Road | Greater Bay Area
19 November 2020
Official data indicate that Macao banks held assets abroad worth 1.9 trillion patacas (about US$237.6 billion) at the end of September, 1.2 percent more than three months earlier. Figures given by the Monetary Authority of Macao show that 1.5 percent of the value of those assets was held in Portuguese-speaking parts of the world, 0.2 … Continue reading "Assets of Macao banks in lusophone world reach US$237.6 bln"
19 November 2020
Producers of Portuguese wines and Macao dealers in them showed what they have to offer at the ProWine China 2020 trade fair in Shanghai, fair organiser Messe Düsseldorf says. Messe Düsseldorf issued a written statement saying the three-day fair, held last week, drew 400 wine producers or distributors from 17 different parts of the world, … Continue reading "Makers, Macao dealers show Portuguese wines at Shanghai fair"
18 November 2020
Idealmed Global Healthcare Services (IGHS) of Portugal intends to open in Macao in the first half of next year another branch of its Globallmed chain of medical centres, the Macau News Agency (MNA) reports. MNA quotes a Globallmed executive, José Quinteiro, as saying the facility, the second Globallmed medical centre in the city, is a … Continue reading "Second Globallmed medical centre due to open in Macao"
18 November 2020
Official data indicate that Macao residents held securities issued in Portugal or Brazil representing investment in the lusophone countries worth 440.2 million patacas (US$55.1 million) on June 30. Figures given by the Monetary Authority of Macao and the Macao Statistics and Census Service show the current market value of portfolio investments by Macao residents in … Continue reading "Macao holdings of securities in lusophone world US$55.1 mln"
18 November 2020
Portuguese wine was among the food and drink made in lusophone countries that was on display at the three-day Dynamic Macao Business and Trade Fair in the eastern Chinese city of Qingdao, the city government says. The Qingdao government issued a written statement saying 20 or more business deals together worth over above 200 million … Continue reading "Food and drink from lusophone countries exhibited in Qingdao"
18 November 2020
The Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation Between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Forum Macao) set up a Portuguese-speaking Countries’ Pavilion at the ‘Dynamic Macao Business and Trade Fair’ held from November 12 to 14 in Qingdao, Shangdong Province. The activity aimed to encourage municipalities and provinces in Mainland China to make … Continue reading "Forum Macao takes part in trade fair in Qingdao, sets up Pavilion to promote Portuguese-speaking Countries and Macao’s platform role"
17 November 2020
Hugo Calderano and Gustavo Tsuboi of Brazil are among the players that will compete in the World Table Tennis (WTT) Macao 2020 tournament from November 25 to 29, Agência Brasil reports. The Brazilian state-run news agency says Calderano is 6th and Tsuboi 44th in the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) world rankings, meaning they are … Continue reading "Brazilians among World Table Tennis Macao 2020 competitors"
17 November 2020
Angolan President João Lourenço opened the US$16 million Chinese-financed Venâncio de Moura Diplomatic Academy in Luanda on Thursday, Angop reports. The Angolan state-run news agency says the complex sits on a campus covering four hectares, and comprises nine buildings containing 29 classrooms, computer and language laboratories, a library, rooms for practising consular, protocol and ceremonial … Continue reading "Chinese-financed academy for diplomats opens in Angola"
16 November 2020
The Brazilian arm of Amerisolar, a Chinese maker of solar panels, will open in the first quarter of next year a factory it is building near the southeastern Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte, Estado de Minas reports. The Brazilian newspaper says the factory will employ 100 people directly and help create up to 2,200 new … Continue reading "Chinese maker of solar panels to open factory in Brazil"
16 November 2020
Five Portuguese or Brazilian films are among the 132 to be shown at the Macau International Short Film Festival from December 2 to 7, Lusa reports, citing the organisers of the festival. The Portuguese news agency says that among the five are “Aegean”, a documentary about refugees by young Portuguese director Tomás Barão da Cunha; … Continue reading "Portuguese, Brazilian shorts chosen for Macao film festival"
16 November 2020
The 8th Intercontinental Civil Law Congress, put on by the University of Coimbra Sino-Lusophone Academy, ends today, the university said on Wednesday. The central Portuguese university announced in writing that about 1,500 people, including academics and judges from Macao, are attending to discuss the challenges civil law will face when the Covid-19 pandemic ends. Among … Continue reading "Conference at University of Coimbra Sino-Lusophone Academy"
Online training course on the use of traditional medicine to tackle COVID-19 held for the first time
13 November 2020
The Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao and Guangdong-Macao Traditional Chinese Medicine Technology Industrial Park held in November an online training course on the use of traditional medicine to tackle COVID-19. The training initiative was supported by the Macao SAR Health Bureau and the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of the People’s Republic of China. … Continue reading "Online training course on the use of traditional medicine to tackle COVID-19 held for the first time"
13 November 2020
On 11 November, Deputy Secretary-General of the Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao Mr Ding Tian met with a delegation from Qingdao Municipality. The visiting party was led by Vice Mayor Mr Xue Qingguo, also a member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Qingdao Municipal Committee. During the visit, Vice Mayor Xue stated that, since … Continue reading "Qingdao delegation pays visit to Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao"
12 November 2020
The government of the Brazilian state of São Paulo has begun building a factory to produce 100 million doses a year of CoronaVac, a potential vaccine against the Covid-19 virus developed by Sinovac Biotech Ltd of China, Reuters reports, citing São Paulo Governor João Doria. The news agency quotes Mr Doria as saying private companies … Continue reading "Brazilian state building factory to make Chinese vaccine"
12 November 2020
Angolan Minister of State Pedro Sebastião opened on Monday a Chinese-built centre for police surveillance of the western Angolan city of Benguela, Novo Jornal reports. The Angolan newspaper quotes Interior Minister Eugénio César Laborinho as saying at the opening that the centre will make Benguela and the vicinity more secure, monitor road traffic and be … Continue reading "Another Chinese-built surveillance centre opens in Angola"
12 November 2020
Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd of China and the government of Mozambique struck on Monday an agreement which Mozambican Transport and Communications Minister Janfar Abdulai says will develop the information and communication technology (ICT) industry in his country, Rádio Moçambique reports. The state-run radio station says the agreement was signed in Maputo after 50 Mozambican trainees … Continue reading "Huawei agrees to boost ICT industry growth in Mozambique"
11 November 2020
Macao enterprises have had success in promoting sales of Portuguese wines at the 3rd China International Import Expo in Shanghai, which ends today, the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute, or IPIM, says. The institute issued on Saturday a written statement quoting a director of Projoint International Ltd, Mr Si, as saying his company took … Continue reading "Macao traders put Portuguese wines in spotlight in Shanghai"
11 November 2020
Brazilian miner Vale SA and Beijing Iron Ore Trading Center Corp. (COREX) have agreed to begin early next year using the Chinese mobile phone application WeChat for spot trading in iron ore, Vale says. The mining company announced in writing on Monday that the partners are still developing the WeChat trading platform. Vale says the … Continue reading "Vale, COREX developing WeChat iron ore spot trading platform"
10 November 2020
Chinese President Xi Jinping has appointed Xu Yingzhen, formerly secretary-general of Forum Macao, as the Chinese ambassador to São Tomé e Príncipe, Xinhua reports. The Chinese government-run news agency says Ms Xu is replacing Ambassador Wang Wei, the first Chinese envoy in the capital, São Tomé, since São Tomé e Príncipe and China resumed diplomatic … Continue reading "Forum Macao ex-official becomes Chinese envoy in São Tomé"
10 November 2020
Portuguese Ambassador to China José Augusto Duarte hopes more companies will make the most of the advantages Macao offers to exporters of higher-quality Portuguese products to mainland China, the China News Service (CNS) reports. The Chinese state-run news agency quotes Mr Duarte as saying Macao, as a place where enterprises in China and lusophone countries … Continue reading "Ambassador says Macao can boost Portuguese exports to China"
