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21 April 2021
Fitch Ratings says it has raised its long-term issuer default rating and senior unsecured rating for West China Cement Ltd (WCC) to BB from BB- with a “positive” outlook. Fitch expects WCC to increase its scale and profits, and reduce its geographical concentration from next year on, in part because of a project in Mozambique … Continue reading "Fitch raises West China Cement credit rating to BB"
21 April 2021
The Brazilian Health Ministry has began distributing around Brazil over 2.3 million kits made in the city of Lianyungang, in eastern China’s Jiangsu province, which will be used to intubate COVID-19 patients, Agência Brasil reports. The Brazilian state-run news agency quotes the ministry as saying it began distributing the kits last Friday after they were … Continue reading "Brazilian govt distributes Chinese-made intubation kits"
21 April 2021
The authorities in the mainland Chinese province of Guangdong gave Lektou permission for the Shenzhen office last month, according to a report carried by the news agency last week. The office will focus on the legal aspects of real estate, finance and foreign investment, the report says. It says the firm means to become more … Continue reading "Macao law firm Lektou opens office in Shenzhen"
20 April 2021
An Angolan railway, Caminho de Ferro de Moçâmedes, has carried its first trainload of ore since being rebuilt, Angop reports. The Angolan state-run news agency says a train left the southwestern Angolan province of Huíla last week on a trial journey for Angolan miner Companhia Siderúrgica do Cuchi, carrying 575 tonnes of iron ore eventually … Continue reading "Chinese-rebuilt railway begins carrying Angolan ore exports"
20 April 2021
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the annual mean air temperature in Macao in 2020 dropped by 0.3ºC year-on-year to 23.3ºC. The highest temperature of the year was 35.5ºC in July, down slightly by 0.2ºC from 2019; the lowest temperature was 6.7ºC in December, a fall of 1.7ºC. Meanwhile, total precipitation … Continue reading "Macao environmental statistics 2020"
19 April 2021
Sino-Mozambican agreements to cooperate in the field of marine science and technology are boosting the development of the Mozambican maritime economy, Xinhua reports, citing China Oceanic Development Foundation Vice-chairman and Secretary-General Pan Xinchun. The foundation and parts of the world covered by the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative are working together to exploit the sea … Continue reading "Sino-Mozambican cooperation spurs exploitation of the sea"
19 April 2021
China has given the main hospital in São Tomé and Príncipe, the Ayres Menezes Hospital, medicines and medical paraphernalia worth 72,000 euros (about US$86,300), the Téla Nón website says. Sino-São Toméan friendship and cooperation impel China to keep supporting healthcare in São Tomé and Príncipe, a report carried by the São Toméan website on Wednesday … Continue reading "China gives São Tomé and Príncipe medical resources"
19 April 2021
On the second anniversary of the announcement of the “Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area”, in order to bring into play the advantages of Macao’s “Sino-Portuguese Platform”, and promote the “Greater Bay Area Portuguese Language Education Alliance” to the Lusophone countries to develop the Sino-Portuguese academic cooperation, the Centre for Portuguese … Continue reading "Macao Polytechnic Institute invites all interested participants to participate in “The Greater Bay Area Portuguese Language and Sino-Portuguese Academic Cooperation” online Forum"
19 April 2021
The “2021 Guangdong & Macao Branded Products Fair” (2021GMBPF), jointly organised by the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) and the Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province, will be held at The Venetian Macao from 30 July to 1 August. To keep strengthening co-operation between Guangdong and Macao and revitalise all aspects of the … Continue reading "2021 Guangdong & Macao Branded Products Fair to Be Held at the End of July, All Macao Companies Are Welcome"
19 April 2021
Macao students attending a gathering held to inform them about economic engagement by China and the Portuguese-speaking world were urged to take career opportunities offered by such engagement, the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) says. The institute issued yesterday a written statement saying about 100 students and teachers at the Macao Polytechnic Institute … Continue reading "International engagement offers careers, Macao students told"
19 April 2021
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the Tourist Price Index (TPI) for the first quarter of 2021 went down by 15.16% year-on-year to 115.78, on account of lower hotel room rates, reduced prices of local food products and falling airfares; yet, dearer prices of jewellery offset part of the decrease. Among … Continue reading "Macao tourist price index (TPI) for the 1st quarter of 2021"
14 April 2021
A party of 17 health workers at various hospitals in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan has set off on a medical mission to Guinea-Bissau, the 18th such mission so far, the Sichuan News website reports. The website, run by the provincial government, says the party departed from Sichuan last Friday. The report says the … Continue reading "New Chinese medical mission to Guinea-Bissau leaves Sichuan"
14 April 2021
The University of Cabo Verde says its new campus in Praia, built in four years by a Chinese contractor with Chinese money, has been completed. The university will move onto the new campus in due course, according to a social media announcement the university posted last Friday. The campus will have 61 classrooms, 34 laboratories, … Continue reading "Longxin Group completes University of Cabo Verde campus"
14 April 2021
The University of Macau says it is holding today a seminar on global governance and the development of relations between China and Portuguese-speaking parts of the world. A written statement issued by the university says the seminar brings together academics and renowned experts in their fields in Macao and mainland China to discuss how to … Continue reading "Seminar in Macau discusses China and the lusophone world"
13 April 2021
China wishes to import Brazilian farm products with greater value added, Exame reports, citing Chinese Ambassador to Brazil Yang Wanming. Interest is growing among Chinese businesspeople in buying more than just bulk commodities, and in investing in Brazil, the Brazilian magazine quotes Mr Yang as telling a conference held online last Thursday. The report quotes … Continue reading "China wants Brazilian farm products with more value added"
13 April 2021
Port, a particular type of Portuguese wine, was presented at a gathering in Beijing as a notable example of a product that benefits from the Sino-EU protected designation of origin agreement, the Delegation of the European Union to China says. The EU diplomatic mission issued a written statement saying the gathering marked the coming into … Continue reading "Beijing event shown protected designation of origin benefits"
13 April 2021
Macao legislator and businessman Wang Sai Man has urged Macao to prompt mainland Chinese companies intending to tap Portuguese-speaking markets to set up branches in the city, the Macau News Agency (MNA) reports. MNA quotes Mr Wang as telling the Macao Legislative Assembly last Thursday that the city has enough foreign exchange reserves to serve … Continue reading "Call for more effort to help Macao serve its trade function"
12 April 2021
Data collected by Anec, the Brazilian association of cereal exporters, indicate that Brazil exported 14.9 million tonnes of soybeans in March, the most in any month on record, the Brazil-Arab News Agency reports. The news agency quotes Anec as announcing on Tuesday that soybean exports in March were 12 per cent greater than a year … Continue reading "Brazilian exports of soybeans break record on Chinese demand"
12 April 2021
Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd of China has given Mozambique 26 sets of videoconferencing equipment and five sets of heat detection equipment, Rádio Moçambique reports. The Mozambican state-owned broadcaster says the videoconferencing gear is for communication among government departments so they can react to local outbreaks of COVID-19. The donation was made on Monday, Rádio Moçambique … Continue reading "Huawei gives Mozambique videoconferencing equipment"
12 April 2021
The Macao Polytechnic Institute (MPI) says it will hold online this year a conference on Sino-Portuguese academic cooperation in the teaching of the Portuguese language, and a workshop for teachers of Portuguese – events intended to serve the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. MPI President Marcus Im Sio Kei announced the events at the annual … Continue reading "Events about teaching of Portuguese in Macao poly calendar"
