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3 December 2021
Representatives of melon farmers in the northeastern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte are due to visit China in March with a view to selling their fruit there, the Portal da Tropical website says. The visitors will meet representatives of big buyers of fruit for the mainland Chinese market, according to a report posted … Continue reading "Brazilian melon farmers sending sales delegation to China"
3 December 2021
STCP, the bus operator in the northern Portuguese city of Oporto, says it has taken delivery of five electric buses made by Zhongtong Bus Holding Co. Ltd of China. STCP announced in writing that the vehicles can each carry 90 passengers, including some in wheelchairs, and can go for 250 km before their lithium-ion batteries … Continue reading "Oporto bus operator receives five Zhongtong electric buses"
3 December 2021
The “Macao Week in Chongqing” will grandly open tomorrow (3 December) to promote Macao’s diverse dynamic of “tourism +” and brand the city as a safe and glamorous destination in Chongqing. Among other highlights, a gastronomic promotion series entitled “Taste of Macao Food Promotion” was unveiled by a kick-off ceremony today (2 December) to highlight … Continue reading "“Macao Week in Chongqing – Taste of Macao Food Promotion” unveils online & offline exploration of Macanese and Portuguese cuisine"
3 December 2021
Prospective exhibitors and buyers in mainland China, Macao, Portugal, Brazil and Mozambique have signed up to attend three fairs to be held in Macao from December 10 to 12, the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute, or IPIM, says. The 2021 Portuguese-Speaking Countries Products and Services Exhibition (Macao), or PLPEX, will be held at the … Continue reading "Thousands due to attend PLPEX, MIF, Macao Franchise Expo"
2 December 2021
Chery Automobile Co. Ltd of China grabbed 3.97 percent of the Brazilian market in October, the most in any month yet, selling 4,526 motor vehicles, or 127 per cent more than a year earlier, the company says, citing data collected by the Brazilian association of automobile dealers, Fenabrave. Chery announced in writing on Monday that … Continue reading "October sales of Cherys in Brazil more than double to 4,526"
2 December 2021
A batch of 3.58 million doses of the vaccine against COVID-19 made by Sinopharm Group Co. Ltd of China, and ordered direct from the maker by the Angolan government, has reached Luanda, Xinhua reports. The Chinese government-run news agency quotes an Angolan official, Leonardo Inocêncio, as saying when the shipment arrived on Monday that the … Continue reading "More doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine arrive in Angola"
2 December 2021
The government in Mozambique has accepted and opened an airport newly built with Chinese money to serve the southern city of Xai-Xai, CCTV reports. The Chinese state-run television broadcaster says Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi voiced gratitude at the formal opening on Monday for Chinese support for the social and economic development of his country, particularly … Continue reading "Chinese-funded Xai-Xai airport formally opens in Mozambique"
1 December 2021
Sichuan Clover Biopharmaceuticals Inc. of China says it is conducting a second-phase clinical trial in Brazil of its vaccine against COVID-19. Sichuan Clover told the Hong Kong Stock Exchange last week that it would test the vaccine on 520 healthy adults in various places in Brazil, and that it expected the safety and immunogenicity results … Continue reading "Sichuan Clover begins testing its COVID-19 vaccine in Brazil"
1 December 2021
About 250 businesspeople from 25 different parts of the world physically attended an international business fair held in the northern Portuguese city of Oporto by the Portugal-China Young Entrepreneurs Association, Jornal Económico reports. The Portuguese newspaper says the fair, the fifth of its kind, was held last week and lasted two days. The report quotes … Continue reading "Portugal-China Young Entrepreneurs Association holds fair"
1 December 2021
The “Macao Week in Chongqing” roadshow will liven up the Jiefangbei Square at Yuzhong District in Chongqing from 2 to 6 December. An opening ceremony will lift curtains upon this mega promotional event officially on Friday (3 December). A wide variety of captivating promotions are progressively rolled out in Chongqing to attract residents to the … Continue reading "Macao Week in Chongqing will grandly open this Friday Wide promotional campaign attracts visitors to Macao via multiple channels"
1 December 2021
The 26th Macao International Trade and Investment Fair (26th MIF), the Macao Franchise Expo 2021 (2021MFE) and the 2021 Portuguese Speaking Countries Products and Services Exhibition (Macao) (2021PLPEX) will be held concurrently at The Venetian Macao from 10 to 12 December. Adhering to the mode of “three exhibitions in synergy with the integration of online and offline … Continue reading "The 26th MIF, 2021MFE and 2021PLPEX to be held in December Exploring business opportunities online and offline"
1 December 2021
Macao businessman Kevin Ho King Lun hopes to invest in more lusophone countries to help Macao perform its function as a place where China and the Portuguese-speaking world can do business, the Guangzhou Daily reports. The Chinese state-run newspaper quotes Mr Ho as saying so at the opening last Saturday of the 2021 Asia Youth … Continue reading "Kevin Ho hopes to invest more widely in the lusophone world"
30 November 2021
Chinese technology company Tencent Holdings Ltd says it has opened a Tencent Cloud internet data centre in the city of São Paulo, its first in Brazil, to meet growing demand all over Latin America. Tencent announced in writing that the data centre gives companies in various industries access to a set of services adaptable to … Continue reading "Tencent opens data centre in São Paulo, its first in Brazil"
30 November 2021
Chinese-owned Liu Jianguang Comércio e Prestação de Serviços Lda will open soon the first cassava flour mill in the eastern Angolan province of Moxico, Angop reports. The Angolan state-run news agency says the mill cost US$100 million to build. The facility can produce 30 tonnes of cassava flour a day, and the second phase will … Continue reading "Liu Jianguang cassava flour mill in Angola ready for action"
30 November 2021
Chinese Ambassador to São Tomé and Príncipe Xu Yingzhen has turned over to the São Toméan armed forces a gift of computer and communications equipment, office supplies and two motor vehicles, Lusa reports. The Portuguese news agency quotes Ms Xu as saying at the formal turnover last week that China will help install the equipment, … Continue reading "Chinese envoy donates equipment to São Toméan armed forces"
30 November 2021
The Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) released results of the Survey on Manpower Needs and Wages for the third quarter of 2021. Survey coverage for this quarter comprises Manufacturing; Electricity, Gas & Water Supply; Hotels; Restaurants; Child-care and Elderly Care. As affected by the pandemic of novel coronavirus pneumonia, the average earnings of full-time employees … Continue reading "Results of survey on Macao manpower needs and wages for the 3rd quarter 2021"
29 November 2021
President Filipe Nyusi of Mozambique and President Lazarus Chakwera of Malawi have got together in Balaka, in southern Malawi, to ceremonially start construction of a link between the Mozambican and Malawian power grids, Mr Nyusi’s government says. The link will consist of a 400 kW power transmission line 218 km long, costing US$127 million, and … Continue reading "Work on linking Mozambican, Malawian power grids begins"
29 November 2021
The latest Chinese National Seminar on Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Literature drew together online 109 representatives of at least 60 academic institutions, other institutions that do research, publishing houses and other media in Brazil, China, Portugal, Spain and elsewhere, China Today reports. The magazine says translators, researchers and teachers of Iberian and Latin American … Continue reading "China holds seminar on literature in Portuguese, Spanish"
29 November 2021
The organisers of the 2021 Portuguese-Speaking Countries Products and Services Exhibition (Macao), or PLPEX, have issued for the first time a list of recommended wines produced in Portuguese-speaking parts of the world, the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute, or IPIM, says. The institute announced in writing on Wednesday that the organisers of the Global … Continue reading "List of recommended wines of the lusophone world published"
29 November 2021
The Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao, the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM), and the Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province, jointly hosted the “2021 Guangdong & Macao Branded Products Fair – Portuguese-speaking Countries Product Promotion” at the Venetian Macao’s convention and exhibition centre, on November 26. Among the guests attending the event were: … Continue reading "Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao hosts Portuguese-speaking Countries product promotion to help companies explore Greater Bay Area market via Macao"
