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10 August 2021
The Portuguese tourism promotion agency, Turismo de Portugal, will be among 10 such agencies represented in the Europe pavilion at the ITB China 2021 travel fair, the organisers of the fair say. The fair will be held in Shanghai from November 24 to 26, but can be attended online between November 8 and December 31, … Continue reading "Portugal to tout tourist draws at travel fair in Shanghai"
10 August 2021
Chinese companies are welcome to bid for public-sector assets that the Angolan government is selling to the private sector, the Chinese Embassy in Luanda says, citing Angolan Finance Minister Vera Daves de Sousa. Ms Sousa was speaking during a virtual roadshow last Thursday, which drew nearly 120 representatives of 50 Chinese companies and institutions, according … Continue reading "Chinese urged to play part in Angolan privatisation drive"
10 August 2021
A rooftop array of solar panels made by JinkoSolar Co. Ltd. of China gives Brazilian distributor Stampa Food Distribuidora de Alimentos Ltda a supply of electricity from a sustainable source, the manufacturer says. The array supplies all the power the Stampa Food warehouse needs from day to day, JinkoSolar announced last Thursday in a social … Continue reading "JinkoSolar rooftop solar panels help Stampa Food go green"
10 August 2021
In order to promote the training of local talents as enshrined in the Policy Address of the Macao SAR Government, and to consolidate Macao’s role as a Platform, the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao) signed last year a cooperation and exchange agreement with Macao … Continue reading "Forum Macao dedicated to training talents, continues to make available internship opportunities"
10 August 2021
Sustainability of the overall local environment is an important consideration for organisers in selecting destinations for holding MICE events. And for this reason, Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) hosted a webinar on “Creating a Sustainable MICE Destination” on 29 July. Guy Bigwood, Managing Director of Gubi Consulting & Global Sustainability Index (Barcelona), was … Continue reading "IPIM Organises Webinar to Facilitate Macao’s Development into a Sustainable MICE Destination"
9 August 2021
The northeastern Chinese port of Rizhao has demonstrated that it can accommodate the giant Guaibamax class of bulk carriers, which Brazilian miner Vale SA uses to transport its exports of iron ore, Xinhua reports. Each Guaibamax ship can transport 325,000 tonnes of iron ore, according to a report carried by the Chinese government-run news agency … Continue reading "Rizhao shows it can handle huge carriers of Vale iron ore"
9 August 2021
Companhia Siderúrgica do Chuchi (CSC) of Angola will begin exporting iron ore to China next week, the Angolan government says, citing CSC President Rui Silva. The Ministry of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas issued a written statement quoting Mr Silva as saying on Tuesday that a ship loaded with 60,000 tonnes of ore mined by … Continue reading "Angolan miner CSC due to begin exporting iron ore to China"
9 August 2021
Eurowind Energy of Denmark says it will use Chinese-made modules on a solar farm it is building in Portugal, Jornal de Negócios reports. The Portuguese newspaper, citing a written statement issued by Eurowind Energy on Wednesday, says the company ordered in June 118,637 solar modules, with a combined capacity of 64 MW, from LONGi Green Energy … Continue reading "Solar farm in Portugal to use modules supplied by LONGi"
9 August 2021
The “2021 Macao International Environmental Co-operation Forum & Exhibition” (2021MIECF), organised by the Government of the Macao Special Administrative Region, concluded on 7 August. During the 2021MIECF, a total of 247 online business matching sessions were held, ten protocols were signed online, more than 400 exhibitors joined the event, and over 750 products were exhibited. … Continue reading "MIECF Functions as an Effective Green Platform: Online Negotiations Support Companies in Exploring Business Opportunities"
9 August 2021
According to statistics released today by the Monetary Authority of Macao, the total number of personal credit cards and debit cards issued by banks in Macao increased in the second quarter of 2021. Both the credit card and debit card turnover witnessed quarterly decreases. On the other hand, the number and value of transactions of … Continue reading "Macao Payment Card and Mobile Payment Statistics – 2nd Quarter 2021"
9 August 2021
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the overall residential property price index for April – June 2021 increased by 0.5% over the previous period (March – May 2021) to 269.0. The indices for the Macao Peninsula (269.8) and Taipa & Coloane (266.1) rose by 0.6% and 0.5% respectively. The index for … Continue reading "Macao residential property price index for April – June 2021"
6 August 2021
The health industry regulator in Portugal, INFARMED, will accept that CoronaVac, a vaccine devised by Sinovac Biotech Ltd. of China, gives protection against COVID-19, SIC Notícias reports. The Portuguese television channel says INFARMED will also recognise the efficacy of doses made in India of Covishield, a vaccine devised by Oxford University and marketed by AstraZeneca … Continue reading "Portuguese authorities to recognise efficacy of CoronaVac"
6 August 2021
Trina Solar Co. Ltd of China says it is the major vendor of photovoltaic modules for a solar farm being built in the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia. Focus Energia of Brazil has ordered 59,292 Trina Solar 600 W series modules for its 850 MW-peak Projeto Futura farm, the maker announced in writing yesterday. Trina … Continue reading "Trina Solar main seller of modules for Brazilian solar farm"
6 August 2021
Santos Ltd of Australia says the output of the first of its three wells in the Bayu-Undan field off southern Timor-Leste exceeds its expectations. The well produces 178 million standard cubic feet of gas and 11,350 barrels of oil a day, according to a written statement issued by Santos last week. Santos says it intends … Continue reading "Santos says Timorese oil well output beyond expectations"
5 August 2021
Another 2,000 litres of the active ingredients of CoronaVac, the vaccine against COVID-19 devised by Sinovac Biotech Ltd of China, have arrived in the southern Brazilian state of São Paulo, where they will be used to make 4 million more doses of the vaccine, Agência Brasil reports. The ingredients arrived from China and were sent … Continue reading "Another 4 mln doses of Sinovac vaccine to be made in Brazil"
5 August 2021
Mozambique has taken delivery of 500,000 more doses of the vaccine against COVID-19 devised by Sinopharm Group Co. Ltd of China, which will help speed up the inoculation of Mozambicans, Lusa reports. The Portuguese news agency quotes Mozambican Deputy Minister of Health Lídia Cardoso as saying when the shipment arrived at Maputo International Airport on … Continue reading "Mozambique receives 500,000 more doses of Sinopharm vaccine"
5 August 2021
Over 30 Chinese-run companies in Angola were represented at a fair in Luanda held to mark Africa’s Women’s Day, the Angola Chinese News website reports. The website says the Organization of Angolan Women and the Chinese women’s association in Angola jointly put on the fair, the first of its kind held by the organisation to … Continue reading "Africa’s Women’s Day fair in Luanda draws Chinese companies"
5 August 2021
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that a total of 1,441 new companies were incorporated in the second quarter of 2021, an increase of 49 year-on-year. Newly incorporated companies operating in Wholesale & Retail Trade and Business Services totalled 467 and 388 respectively. Total value of registered capital of the new companies … Continue reading "Macao company statistics for the 2nd quarter of 2021"
4 August 2021
The University of Campinas in the southeastern Brazilian state of São Paulo has published its own edition of a modern collection of essays by Chinese writer Lu Xun, containing the essays both in the original Chinese and translated into Portuguese, Xinhua reports. The publication of the dual-language edition of the collection, “Dawn Blossoms Plucked at … Continue reading "Dual-language edition of Lu Xun essays published in Brazil"
4 August 2021
A Chinese-owned company, Sociedade Niobonga – Comércio Geral, is due to begin soon mining niobium in the southwestern Angolan municipality of Quilengues, after prospecting for two years, Angop reports, citing a local government official there, Adriano Alberto Pedro. The Angolan state-run news agency quotes Mr Pedro as saying the mine will raise the standard of … Continue reading "Chinese-owned company to begin mining niobium in Angola"
