Belt and Road | Greater Bay Area
9 September 2021
ADM, the operator of Mozambique’s airports, is recruiting staff to run the Chongoene Airport, newly built by China in the southern Mozambican province of Gaza, Carta de Moçambique reports, citing ADM President Emanuel Chaves. Mr Chaves told Mozambican state-run television broadcaster TVM on the sidelines of the Maputo International Fair, that ended on Sunday that … Continue reading "Staffing of Chinese-built airport in Mozambique begins"
9 September 2021
A collection of the work of 8th-century Chinese poet Li Bai, in the original Chinese and translated into Portuguese, has been published in Portugal, the Portuguese Consulate-General in Shanghai says. The Chinese version of each of the 100 poems is printed in Chinese characters and in Roman letters, transliterated using the pinyin system, so readers … Continue reading "Dual-language collection of poetry by Li Bai published"
8 September 2021
The master plan for the Guangdong-Macao Intensive Cooperation Zone on Hengqin Island, which abuts Macao, has been approved at the highest levels of the ruling party and government of China, Xinhua reports. The Chinese state-run news agency says the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council gave their approval last Sunday. The … Continue reading "Macao plan envisaging boost for intl trade gets green light"
8 September 2021
The managers of the China City shopping emporium in Angola are thinking about opening a branch in Cacuaco, in the north of the country, the Hua Qiao Zai Xian website, or the Angola Office of the Africa Oriental Post, reports. The news website says the chairman of the company that runs China City, Jack Huang … Continue reading "Northern Angolan branch of China City emporium in prospect"
7 September 2021
An online conference arranged by the Chinese Consulate-General in Rio de Janeiro brought together officials and businesspeople in China and Brazil to discuss green power and Sino-Brazilian cooperation in the energy business, the China News Service (CNS) reports. The Chinese state-run news agency says businesspeople attending agreed on closer technical cooperation in developing clean sources … Continue reading "Conference considers Sino-Brazilian cooperation in energy"
7 September 2021
Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co. Ltd, a supplier of security technology for the Internet of Things, says it will open a showroom in the Portuguese capital, Lisbon, next month. Chinese state-owned Dahua Technology announced in writing last week that it is opening the showroom in response to demand in Portugal. The company says the staff will … Continue reading "Demand prompts Dahua Technology to open showroom in Portugal"
6 September 2021
The China-Brazil International Fair for Trade in Services is being held online between August 30 and September 16, 2021. This event is co-organised by the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-Operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao), to deepen economic and trade exchanges and boost pragmatic cooperation on trade in services … Continue reading "2021 China-Brazil International Fair for Trade in Services in progress"
6 September 2021
Among Chinese enterprises that do business online, interest in the market in Brazil is growing, stimulating consumption there and helping the South American economy recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, the People’s Daily reports. Data collected by Nielsen, a monitor of markets, indicate that the value of sales online in Brazil was 53 billion reals (about … Continue reading "E-commerce enterprises in China spurring Brazilian economy"
6 September 2021
Just three African countries had amassed more Chinese direct investment than Angola by the end of last year, the China-Africa Business Council estimates. Angola had accumulated foreign direct investment by China worth about US$2.6 billion, 5.5 percent of all Chinese direct investment in Africa, according to a document made public by the council last week. … Continue reading "Angolan stock of Chinese direct investment worth US$2.6 bln"
6 September 2021
São Toméan Health Minister Edgar Neves has commended a party of Chinese health workers who are about to finish a year-long medical mission to São Tomé and Príncipe, STP-Press reports. The São Toméan state-run news agency quotes Mr Neves as saying that since the COVID-19 pandemic began the doctors in the party have improved the … Continue reading "Chinese medical mission to São Tomé and Príncipe wins praise"
20 August 2021
The authorities in the northeastern Brazilian state of Paraíba and in the northeastern Chinese province of Liaoning have agreed to increase their cooperation and exchanges, the Chinese Consulate-General in Recife says. The consulate-general announced in writing that their agreement was signed on Tuesday, during a conference online about exchanges between local authorities in China and … Continue reading "Paraíba, Liaoning agree to greater cooperation, exchanges"
20 August 2021
A group of Chinese businesspeople is ready to invest 960 million meticals (about US$15.1 million) in building a cement works in the central Mozambican province of Zambézia, Rádio Moçambique reports. A representative of the investors said in a interview that construction work should begin once the environmental impact had been assessed, a process which should … Continue reading "Chinese intend to build cement works in central Mozambique"
20 August 2021
China will continue to hold vocational training classes online for people in São Tomé and Principe while the COVID-19 pandemic lasts, the Chinese Embassy in São Tomé says. The Chinese government has given over 600 São Toméans vocational training, and has offered over 200 the chance to study in China, according to a written statement … Continue reading "China to keep giving São Toméans vocational training online"
19 August 2021
The managers of the China-Portuguese-speaking Countries Co-operation and Development Fund in Macao are amenable to investing in Chinese-run companies in Timor-Leste, the Chinese Embassy in Díli says. Chinese Commercial Counsellor, Geng Xiewei, gave a presentation about the fund at a videoconference last week attended by representatives of 20 Chinese-run enterprises in Timor-Leste, according to a … Continue reading "Macao fund may invest in Chinese businesses in Timor-Leste"
19 August 2021
Chinese miner Dingsheng Minerals expects to obtain within a matter of days a licence to begin building a port in Chongoene in southern Mozambique, Rádio Moçambique reports, citing an official of the company. The official said the purpose of the port in Gaza province would be to handle exports of heavy sands, according to a … Continue reading "Dingsheng Minerals to build heavy sands port in Mozambique"
17 August 2021
A Sino-Brazilian joint study has identified fossils found in the northwestern Chinese region of Xinjiang as those of two previously unknown species of sauropod dinosaur, the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology says. The study paper, published in Scientific Reports, says the fossils are the first of big sauropods found in … Continue reading "Sino-Brazilian study identifies previously unknown dinosaurs"
17 August 2021
Representatives of over 140 companies, some of them Chinese companies, attended the Expo-Huíla 2021 business fair in the Angolan province of Huila, the largest such event in the south of the country, Jornal de Angola reports. The newspaper says companies in the private or public sectors in Brazil, Namibia, Portugal, South Africa and Turkey, and … Continue reading "Chinese companies represented at Angolan business fair"
17 August 2021
The Portuguese association of safety and security companies, Apsei, has started a campaign to drum up business abroad for small and medium enterprises among its members, Security Magazine reports. The Portuguese magazine, citing a written statement issued by Apsei, says the year-long campaign will focus on the Chinese, Emirati and Moroccan markets. The campaign, called … Continue reading "Portuguese safety and security SMEs aim for Chinese market"
16 August 2021
Chinese Ambassador to Portugal Zhao Bentang and Portugal-China Young Entrepreneurs Association President Alberto Carvalho Neto have met to discuss support for entrepreneurship by young people, the Chinese Embassy in Lisbon says. Mr Zhao and Mr Carvalho Neto exchanged views on prompting more cooperation by young entrepreneurs in China and Portugal when they met on August … Continue reading "Chinese, Portuguese young entrepreneurs in focus at meeting"
16 August 2021
The managers of the Port of Luanda say they have begun the process of auctioning concessions to run its passenger terminals at Kapossoca, Mussulo, Museu da Escravatura and Macôco, all of which are in the Angolan capital. The managers announced in writing that would-be bidders in Angola or abroad have until September 22 to apply … Continue reading "Port of Luanda soliciting bidders to run passenger terminals"
