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22 September 2020
Governor Wang Ning of the southeastern Chinese province of Fujian has called for the construction there of an industrial park to exploit the function of Macao as a place where China and the Portuguese-speaking world can conduct business, the Macao SAR Government says. The government issued a written statement quoting Mr Wang as saying so … Continue reading "Industrial park mooted for linking Fujian to lusophone world"
22 September 2020
A Brazilian chain of dental clinics, Coife Odonto, is one of the finalists for the Franchising Brasil International Highlight Award, the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency, or Apex-Brasil, says. Apex-Brasil issued a written statement saying Coife Odonto opened in February its first clinic in China, called VIP Dental, in the southern city of Shenzhen. … Continue reading "Brazilian dentistry chain up for prize for thrust into China"
22 September 2020
The Portuguese-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Portugal-China Young Entrepreneurs Association will occupy space in the Macao Scientific and Cultural Centre in Lisbon, the Portuguese government has announced. The Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education says in a written announcement that this is provided for by the official plan for developing the … Continue reading "Macao centre in Lisbon to help tighten Sino-Portuguese ties"
21 September 2020
The AliExpress arm of Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group Holding Ltd will subsidise merchants that charge customers nothing to ship to Brazil purchases made on the AliExpress shopping website, Cifnews reports. The Chinese website quotes AliExpress as announcing in writing that the company will pay merchants 3 renminbi (about US$0.44) a time for shipping without … Continue reading "AliExpress to subsidise free shipping of purchases to Brazil"
21 September 2020
The Angolan subsidiary of Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd of China will equip schools in the central Angolan provinces of Bié and Huambo with computers, Expansão reports. The Angolan newspaper says the Huawei subsidiary will supply the computer hardware and software while Angolan telecommunications company Unitel will connect the schools to the Internet in a joint … Continue reading "Huawei subsidiary to supply Angolan schools with computers"
21 September 2020
The Chinese, Portuguese and English electronic edition of Macao Yearbook 2020, which is compiled by the Government Information Bureau (GCS) of the Macao SAR, is published today (21 September). The Macao Yearbook is a comprehensive chronicle. It outlines major events, details of progress achieved, and changes made in the course of Macao’s political, economic, social and cultural development, … Continue reading "Macao Yearbook 2020 e-edition Published today"
21 September 2020
Works by 98 women artists in 22 different parts of the world, including 16 Portuguese artists, will be exhibited at the ArtFem Women Artists 2nd International Biennial of Macao, Ponto Final reports. The Macao newspaper quotes a written statement issued by the organising committee as saying Chinese sculptor Xiang Jing, Macao artist Un Chin Iam … Continue reading "Works by 98 women artists going on show at Macao biennial"
21 September 2020
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that there were 123 hotels & guesthouses operating in 2019, an increase of 7 year-on-year. Total number of persons engaged went up by 2.1% to 51,859. Attributable to a 1.0% rise in number of guests, receipts of the sector grew by 2.6% year-on-year to MOP 38.27 … Continue reading "Results of Macao hotels and similar establishments survey 2019"
21 September 2020
In order to cultivate Chinese-Portuguese bilingual professionals and strengthen the cooperation between the European Union and the Macao Polytechnic Institute (MPI), the International Portuguese Training Centre for Conference Interpreting of MPI cooperated with the Directorate General for Interpretation of the European Commission (DG-SCIC) in co-organizing a “Consecutive Interpretation Intensive Training Course” from 25 August to … Continue reading "MPI and the European Commission’s Directorate-General of Interpretation Jointly Organize Interpreting Training Course"
17 September 2020
Trade in merchandise between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries reached US$64.598 billion in the period from January to June 2020. It represented a 7.9 percent decline year-on-year, according to data from China Customs. Portuguese-speaking Countries sold goods worth US$46.742 billion to China in the first six months of 2020 – a fall of 7.32 percent year-on-year. … Continue reading "Trade between China, Portuguese-speaking Countries nearly US$64.60bln in January-June 2020"
17 September 2020
Representatives of the European Union and China have signed a protected designation of origin agreement which covers food and drink, the European Commission says. The commission issued a written announcement saying the European Parliament must ratify the agreement before it can come into effect, which is expected to happen early next year. The commission says … Continue reading "Sino-EU protected designation of origin agreement signed"
17 September 2020
Eight Macao students have been granted money from the Macao Higher Education Fund for postgraduate studies at universities in Lisbon, the Macao Talent Development Committee says. The committee posted on its website a written announcement saying six of the students will pursue master’s degrees in law and two will pursue master’s degrees in translation. The … Continue reading "Macao students get grants for postgraduate studies in Lisbon"
16 September 2020
Portuguese venture capital fund Alpac Capital – Sociedade de Capital de Risco SA is leading a consortium that means to buy Efacec Power Solutions SGPS SA of Portugal and take it private, Expresso reports, citing Alpac Capital Chief Executive Luís Santos. The Portuguese newspaper quotes Mr Santos as saying Macao company CESL Asia – Investments … Continue reading "CESL Asia in consortium eyeing Efacec Power Solutions"
16 September 2020
The government of the northeastern Brazilian state of Ceará says Chinese maker of wind turbines Mingyang Smart Energy Group Co. Ltd has agreed to set up wind farm offshore there. The state government issued a written announcement saying Mingyang Smart Energy chose the place because of its potential for wind power generation. The announcement says … Continue reading "Mingyang Smart Energy to set up wind farm off NE Brazil"
16 September 2020
State-owned China Railway 20 Bureau Group Corp. has begun construction of a bridge over the Calondo river in Caimbambo, in the northern Angolan province of Benguela, and should finish it in four months, Angop reports. The Angolan state-run news agency says an Angolan government official, Manuel Lituai, presided over the ground-breaking ceremony. The report says … Continue reading "China Railway 20 Bureau starts work on new bridge in Angola"
15 September 2020
The vaccination of Brazilians against the Covid-19 virus, using a vaccine developed by Sinovac Biotech Ltd of China, could begin in January, the Globo website reports, citing a health official in the southeastern Brazilian state of São Paulo, Jean Gorinchteyn. The Brazilian news website quotes Mr Gorinchteyn as saying he hopes 46 million doses of … Continue reading "Brazil may begin using Chinese Covid-19 vaccine in January"
15 September 2020
Eight doctors have left the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, bound for São Tomé e Príncipe on the fifth in a series of Chinese medical missions to the country, the Sichuan News website reports. The provincial government-run website says the doctors include a general surgeon, a stomatologist, a cardiologist, an obstetrician and gynaecologist, and an … Continue reading "New Chinese medical mission heads for São Tomé e Príncipe"
15 September 2020
Guangxi Hydroelectric Construction Bureau Co. Ltd, a subsidiary of state-owned China Energy Engineering Corp. (Energy China), says it has won the contract to surface a road near Luanda. The contractor issued a written statement saying surfacing the rough 8 km road connecting Cowboy and Mayé-Mayé will improve the quality of life of people nearby and … Continue reading "Energy China subsidiary wins Angolan road surfacing contract"
15 September 2020
The 25th Macao International Trade & Investment Fair (25th MIF), Macao Franchise Expo 2020 (2020MFE), and 2020 Portuguese-Speaking Countries Products and Services Exhibition (Macao) (2020PLPEX) will be held concurrently at The Venetian Macao from 22 to 24 October 2020. The business matching services offered by these exhibitions have been helping exhibitors and participants expand their … Continue reading "Macao Exhibition Platform Helps Enterprises Expand Businesses"
14 September 2020
The Secretary-General of the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao), Ms Xu Yingzhen, has completed her term in Macao, and returned to Beijing on September 13. Since taking office as Secretary-General of the Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao, in July 2016, Ms Xu has presided … Continue reading "Secretary-General of the Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao, Ms Xu Yingzhen, ends her role and returns to Beijing"
