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4 August 2021
UnionPay International of China and British oil company BP plc have done a deal that lets motorists use UnionPay cards to pay for fuel at over 500 BP filling stations in Portugal, UnionPay International says. The Chinese payments company issued a written statement quoting UnionPay International European Branch Deputy General Manager Yang Shengliang as saying … Continue reading "BP filling stations in Portugal now accept UnionPay cards"
4 August 2021
The “2021 Macao International Environmental Co-operation Forum & Exhibition” (2021MIECF), hosted by the Government of the Macao Special Administrative Region, was scheduled to take place both online and offline from 5 to 7 August. However, in view of the latest COVID-19 developments, it is decided after thorough consideration that all the offline activities of the 2021MIECF will … Continue reading "Online activities of the 2021MIECF to be retained in spite of a changed schedule owing to the latest COVID-19 developments"
3 August 2021
Mozambique has taken delivery of the largest single shipment of vaccine against COVID-19 it has yet received, accepting 1 million more doses of the vaccine devised by Sinopharm Group Co. Ltd of China, Xinhua reports. The Chinese government-run news agency quotes Mozambican Deputy Minister of Health Lídia Cardoso as saying the doses are the first … Continue reading "Mozambique receives 1 mln more doses of Sinopharm vaccine"
3 August 2021
Chinese Ambassador to Timor-Leste Xiao Jianguo says Timorese athletes are most welcome to compete in Winter Olympics due to be held in Beijing next year, his embassy says. Mr Xiao and a Timorese government official holding a sport portfolio, Abrão Saldanha, met last Thursday, and the ambassador told Mr Saldanha that China would do all … Continue reading "Warm welcome awaits Timorese at Beijing Winter Olympics"
3 August 2021
Gree Electric Appliances Inc. of China says it will keep developing high-quality air-conditioners for sale in Brazil. The Gree subsidiary in Brazil held a videoconference last week about the advanced technology used in Gree air-conditioners and the enhancement of their energy efficiency, according to a written statement the company posted in social media last Thursday. … Continue reading "Gree to keep making superior aircons for Brazilian market"
3 August 2021
Organized by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from the Portuguese acronym), “THE SHADOW OF KATANA•GUNS•SWORDS—Martial Arts, Samurai and Western Film Festival” will be held from August to September, featuring a collection of 25 classic films in the martial arts, samurai and western genres, categorised in five sections, namely “The Aesthetics of Violence”, “Literary Flavours in … Continue reading "THE SHADOW OF KATANA•GUNS•SWORDS by IC: Screenings of 25 films in the martial arts, samurai and western genres"
Macao wages of construction workers and prices of construction materials for the 2nd quarter of 2021
3 August 2021
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the average daily wage of construction workers increased by 3.0% quarter-to-quarter to MOP768 in the second quarter of 2021. The average daily wages of local workers (MOP963) and non-resident workers (MOP665) went up by 1.0% and 6.3% respectively. In terms of main occupations, the average … Continue reading "Macao wages of construction workers and prices of construction materials for the 2nd quarter of 2021"
2 August 2021
Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd of China says it has opened the Huawei Ecosystem Innovation Technology Center in the southeastern Brazilian city of São Paulo. The company announced in writing that it has invested 35 million reals (about US$6.8 million) in the facility for developing and testing innovations in fifth-generation (5G) wireless telecommunications technology. The facility … Continue reading "Huawei opens 5G technology innovation centre in São Paulo"
2 August 2021
Mozambican Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Olegário dos Anjos Banze is seeking to expand Sino-Mozambicantrade in agricultural produce, the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs says. Mr Banze said so when he and Permanent Representative of China to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization Guang Defu met on Tuesday to talk about … Continue reading "Deputy minister calls for more Sino-Mozambican farm trade"
2 August 2021
Chinese Ambassador to Timor-Leste Xiao Jianguo expects closer Sino-Timoresecooperation within the framework of the Chinese Belt and Road initiative, his embassy says. The Chinese Embassy in Dili issued on Wednesday a written statement quoting Mr Xiao as saying so the day before, at a meeting of representatives of Timor-Leste and foreign contributors to development of … Continue reading "Closer Sino-Timorese cooperation on infrastructure forecast"
2 August 2021
On July 29, Deputy Secretary-General of the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao), Mr Ding Tian, welcomed to the Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao a delegation from the Jinan Municipal Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). The visiting delegation was headed by … Continue reading "Jinan CPPCC delegation visits Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao"
2 August 2021
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the general unemployment rate for April-June 2021 was 2.9% and the unemployment rate of local residents was 3.9%, down by 0.1 and 0.2 percentage points respectively from the previous period (March-May 2021). In addition, the underemployment rate dropped by 0.7 percentage points to 3.5%. The … Continue reading "Macao employment survey for April-June 2021"
30 July 2021
Only the United States bought more Brazilian ornamental rock than China in the first half of this year, the Brazilian association of exporters of ornamental rock, Centrorochas, says. The Chinese market favoured unprocessed rock, while the US market preferred finished rock, Centrorochas announced in writing last week. The value of first-half exports of Brazilian ornamental … Continue reading "China second-biggest H1 buyer of Brazilian ornamental rock"
30 July 2021
Chinese living in Portugal have competed in the heats there of the annual Water Cube Cup contest among Chinese expatriates worldwide to find the best performances of Chinese songs, the China News Service (CNS) reports. A report carried by the Chinese state-run news agency on Tuesday quotes Chinese Ambassador to Portugal Zhou Bentang as saying … Continue reading "Heats of global song contest draw Chinese expats in Portugal"
30 July 2021
With the aim of promoting further cooperation between enterprises of China and Portuguese-speaking Countries, the Permanent Secretariat of Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao) organised on July 27 a Webinar on Business Cooperation between Jiangsu and Portuguese-speaking Countries, themed “Business Cooperation between Enterprises from China and Portuguese-speaking Countries and … Continue reading "Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao organises ‘Webinar on Business Cooperation between Enterprises from China and Portuguese-speaking Countries’"
29 July 2021
The health industry regulator in Brazil, Anvisa, says Blau Farmacêutica has asked for permission for emergency use there of the two-dose vaccine against COVID-19 devised by Sinopharm Group Co. Ltd of China. The Brazilian company made the request on Monday, Anvisa announced in writing that day. Anvisa says it is checking the paperwork submitted with … Continue reading "Request made to use Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine in Brazil"
29 July 2021
Cabo Verdean Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva regards the new campus of the University of Cabo Verde as a milestone marking the progress of Sino-Cabo Verdean cooperation, and has thanked China for building it, the university says. Mr Correia e Silva was speaking at the opening of the campus in Praia last Friday, the … Continue reading "University of Cabo Verde opens new, Chinese-built campus"
29 July 2021
The 15-strong Cabo Verdean delegation to the Toyko Olympic Games includes Humberto Évora, a specialist in sports medicine who worked for many years in Macao, Ponto Final reports. The Macao newspaper quotes Dr Évora saying all possible precautions have been taken in the Olympic Village against spreading COVID-19 among the 18,000 competitors and officials attending … Continue reading "Cabo Verdean Olympic team brings along doctor with Macao ties"
29 July 2021
The “Online Seminar on Post-Pandemic Development of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Portuguese-Speaking Countries” was successfully held from July 20 to 26 by the Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao, with support from the City University of Macau. The opening ceremony was held on July 20, with Deputy Secretary-General of the Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao, … Continue reading "Online Seminar on Post-Pandemic Development of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Portuguese-Speaking Countries held successfully"
29 July 2021
The 35th Portuguese Language Summer Course, organised by the University of Macau (UM) Department of Portuguese, has ended with success. This year’s summer course attracted 123 students from Japan, Myanmar, mainland China, Singapore, Malaysia, Poland, Hong Kong, and Macao. Approximately 60 per cent of the participants attended language courses at intermediate and advanced levels. This year’s … Continue reading "UM’s 35th Portuguese Language Summer Course ends with success"
