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5 July 2021
The Chinese Consulate-General in Recife, in northeastern Brazil, says it has held online a seminar about the development of China and the prospects for Sino-Brazilian cooperation. Academics and officials in China and Brazil attended, according to a written statement issued by the consulate-general. The seminar was held on Tuesday to mark 100 years since the … Continue reading "Future of Sino-Brazilian cooperation discussed in seminar"
5 July 2021
The Portuguese central bank says it has added Macao and Mozambique to its list of jurisdictions outside the European Union where Portuguese banks, in calculating their countercyclical reserves, must take into consideration their direct exposure to the non-financial private sector. A written announcement issued by the Bank of Portugal on Wednesday says countercyclical reserves are … Continue reading "Portugal’s financial regulator lists Macao as relevant jurisdiction for local banks"
5 July 2021
The Chief Executive, Mr Ho Iat Seng, said the Government of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) would spare no effort in realising aspirations outlined by General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Mr Xi Jinping, at the grand ceremony held in Beijing to mark the CPC’s centenary. Macao … Continue reading "CE: Concerted effort for advancement of ‘One country, two systems’"
5 July 2021
The inauguration ceremony for the “10 small pieces of land, independent, in the middle of the Atlantic” exhibition, featuring work by Cabo Verdean artist Eduardo Bentub, was held at the China-Portuguese-speaking Countries Commercial and Trade Service Platform Complex on Friday, July 2, at 6.30pm. The event was organised by the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum … Continue reading "Opening of exhibition by Cabo Verdean artist Eduardo Bentub as part of the ‘Lusophone Polychromes’ exhibition series"
2 July 2021
Another 1 million doses of CoronaVac, a vaccine against COVID-19 devised by Sinovac Biotech Ltd of China, have reached Brazil, Chinese Ambassador to Brazil Yang Wangming says. The shipment of vaccine arrived on Tuesday and was delivered to the Instituto Butantan, a state-owned biomedical research institute in the southern Brazilian state of São Paulo, Mr … Continue reading "Instituto Butantan gets 1 million more doses of CoronaVac"
2 July 2021
Deputy Prime Minister Soares Sambú of Guinea-Bissau has commended the development of China, and expressed hope for a stronger Sino-Guinean relationship, the Chinese Embassy in Bissau says. A written statement issued by the embassy on Tuesday says Mr Sambú did so when he met Chinese Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau Guo Ce last Friday to convey congratulations … Continue reading "Deputy PM calls for closer ties between China, Guinea-Bissau"
2 July 2021
The Portuguese assistant coach of the Chinese national football team, Rui Mota, thinks the Chinese Football Association is on course to succeed in its ambition to make China a world footballing power by 2050, A Bola reports. The Portuguese newspaper quotes Mota as saying an enormous number of centres that train footballers to a high … Continue reading "Chinese football on the right track, Portuguese coach says"
1 July 2021
CULines, together with another Chinese company, state-owned COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers Co. Ltd, will start on July 15 an express direct shipping service carrying containers between the eastern Chinese port of Ningbo and the southern Brazilian port of Santos, CULines says. The ship Cosco Shipping Honor is due to complete the outward leg of its … Continue reading "CULines to start container service between Ningbo and Santos"
1 July 2021
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi has formally opened a Chinese-built facility in Maputo that will begin this year broadcasting terrestrial digital television on 18 channels to over 400,000 households in his country, China Radio International (CRI) reports. At the opening ceremony last Friday, Mr Nyusi thanked China for its technical and financial support in linking Mozambique … Continue reading "Chinese money, know-how bringing digital TV to Mozambique"
1 July 2021
China Economic Information Service Senior Analyst Yu Hui thinks the plan to spur economic recovery in Portugal means chances for Chinese companies to invest there, notably in applying digital electronic technology, in exploiting the sea, and in healthcare, Jornal Económico reports. Ms Yu said so at a conference on new opportunities for Sino-Portuguese cooperation as … Continue reading "Opportunities seen for Chinese to bet on Portuguese recovery"
1 July 2021
The 17-day “News from the Forest” exhibition, featuring work by Portuguese artist Ana Jacinto Nunes, ended on June 27. It was part of the exhibition series “Lusophone Polychromes”, part of the 13th Cultural Week of China and Portuguese-speaking Countries, organised by the Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao. The exhibition by Ana Jacinto Nunes brought together … Continue reading "Exhibition by Portuguese artist Ana Jacinto Nunes concluded successfully"
30 June 2021
Two Chinese companies and Vale Indonesia, a subsidiary of Brazilian miner Vale SA, have formed a joint venture to build and operate a nickel processing plant in Indonesia, the People’s Daily reports. Vale Indonesia owns 49 per cent of the venture, while Shandong Xinhai Technology Co. Ltd and Taiyuan Iron and Steel Co. Ltd, a … Continue reading "Sino-Brazilian joint venture to process nickel in Indonesia"
30 June 2021
Chint Group Co. Ltd, a Chinese maker of electrical components, is among the five contenders to acquire the majority stake in Efacec Power Solutions SGPS SA of Portugal, the Dinheiro Vivo website reports. The Portuguese news website says Chint Group, Elsedewy of Egypt, Iberdrola of Spain, and DST and Sing-Investimentos Globais, both of Portugal, have … Continue reading "Chint Group a contender to run Efacec Power Solutions"
29 June 2021
Thousands of Chinese living in Mozambique have received the second of the two doses of a Chinese-developed vaccine against COVID-19 that are required to inoculate them, the Chinese Embassy in Maputo says. The embassy issued a written statement quoting Chinese Ambassador to Mozambique Wang Hejun as saying so when he visited the Maputo vaccination centre … Continue reading "Thousands of Chinese in Mozambique now fully vaccinated"
29 June 2021
A ship carrying 25,000 protective suits for frontliners in the struggle against COVID-19 in Brazil sails from China today, and is due to unload them in the southern Brazilian port of Santos in a couple of months, the Brazilian government says. The suits are a gift from ByteDance Ltd, the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs … Continue reading "ByteDance giving Brazil 25,000 COVID-19 protective suits"
29 June 2021
The Portuguese tourism promotion agency, Turismo de Portugal, will hold a seminar online tomorrow to show Portuguese tourism businesses how they can use electronic technology to attract Chinese visitors, the agency says. Turismo de Portugal announced in writing that it is jointly putting on the seminar with NEST, which is the Portuguese tourism innovation centre, … Continue reading "How tech can help draw Chinese tourists to Portugal"
29 June 2021
Official data indicate that Macao residents held at the end of last year securities issued in Portugal or Brazil representing investment in those lusophone countries worth 494.1 million patacas (about US$61.7 million). Figures given by the Monetary Authority of Macao and the Macao Statistics and Census Service show the current market value of portfolio investments … Continue reading "Macao holdings of securities in lusophone world US$61.7 mln"
29 June 2021
Bank of China Ltd Macau Branch President Li Guang has said his branch of the state-owned bank intends to engage in more exchanges and cooperation with the financial industry in the Portuguese-speaking world once the COVID-19 pandemic is over, the Macao SAR Government says. In a meeting with Macao SAR Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng, … Continue reading "BOC Macao envisages closer links with lusophone markets"
29 June 2021
Over 100 candidates sat the first national vocational tests held in Macao for translators or interpreters between Chinese and Portuguese, or between Chinese and English, the Macao Polytechnic Institute (MPI) says. The institute was the venue for the administration last week of the China Accreditation Test for Translators and Interpreters (CATTI) at all three levels, … Continue reading "Translators, interpreters sit national tests held in Macao"
25 June 2021
The 32nd Enterprise Internationalization Forum will discuss today opportunities for partnerships linking businesses or institutions in Brazil, Portugal and China, the organisers of the videoconference say. Portugal-China Young Entrepreneurs Association President Alberto Carvalho Neto will tell the conference about how Brazil can exploit the growing ties between China and the Portuguese-speaking world to gain access … Continue reading "Partnerships linking Brazil, Portugal, China on the agenda"
