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9 July 2021
The 12th International Infrastructure Investment and Construction Forum (hereinafter referred to as the “12th IIICF”), jointly organised by the China International Contractors Association (CHINCA) and the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM), will be held in Macao from 22 to 23 July mainly in offline mode supplemented by online activities. Leading political, business, and academic figures … Continue reading "Join Hands for New Development of International Infrastructure Co-operation The 12th IIICF to Be Held in July"
9 July 2021
The latest situation of COVID-19 epidemic in adjoining regions has affected the exhibitors’ and trade visitors’ arrangement of travelling from Mainland China to Macao for joining the 2021 Guangdong & Macao Branded Products Fair (GMBPF), which is hosted by the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) and the Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province. … Continue reading "2021 Guangdong & Macao Branded Products Fair (GMBPF) is postponed to 3 to 5 September"
9 July 2021
The China-Portuguese-speaking Countries Co-operation and Development Fund in Macao has put on a training course for 75 people working in the financial industry in the city, the Monetary Authority of Macao says. Part of the course was taught online and part required physical attendance, according to a written statement issued by the authority on Tuesday. … Continue reading "Macao financial industry workers attend training course"
9 July 2021
A Macao law firm, MdME Lawyers, says Sino-Portuguese business relations and their investment aspect will be discussed at a seminar the firm is jointly arranging with the Portugal-China Chamber of Commerce and Industry. MdME Lawyers says in a LinkedIn post that the seminar will be held next Wednesday at the Portuguese consulate-general in Macao. The … Continue reading "Seminar to mull COVID-19 effects on Sino-Portuguese business"
8 July 2021
Mozambique is hoping for greater Sino-Mozambican cooperation in countering COVID-19, to quicken its recovery from the economic and social disruption caused by the pandemic, the Chinese Embassy in Maputo says. Mozambican Health Minister Armindo Tiago and Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Ernesto Tonela both called for more cooperation when they met Chinese Ambassador to Mozambique … Continue reading "Greater Sino-Mozambican cooperation against COVID-19 sought"
8 July 2021
The 12th International Infrastructure Investment and Construction Forum (IIICF) will take place in Macao on July 22 and 23, the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute, or IPIM, says. On the programme for the conference is the 7th China-Latin American Countries Infrastructure Forum, sponsored by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, which will cover Brazil, IPIM … Continue reading "Building infrastructure in Brazil on Macao conference agenda"
8 July 2021
Well Link Bank Chief Executive Chong Sio Fai says the Macao bank is aiming to forge business links between the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the Portuguese-speaking world, Macau Business reports. The July issue of the magazine quotes Mr Chong as saying in an interview that Well Link Group Holdings Ltd is actively looking … Continue reading "Well Link Bank reveals business ambitions in lusophone world"
7 July 2021
Fifteen Chinese makers of Chinese traditional medicines and eight Brazilian distributors struck deals at a business-matching session arranged by the Traditional Chinese Medicine Science and Technology Industrial Park of Co-operation between Guangdong and Macao, the park managers say. Some of those taking part attended online and some were physically present at the park, which is … Continue reading "Deals done to bring Chinese traditional medicines to Brazil"
7 July 2021
On July 6, a delegation led by the Commissioner of the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China in the Macao SAR, Mr Liu Xianfa, paid a courtesy visit to the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao). The visiting delegation … Continue reading "Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China in the Macao SAR, Liu Xianfa, visited the Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao"
7 July 2021
After a year-long hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Macao International Documentary Film Festival is back on the calendar this year, and Portuguese-language productions are a feature of the programme. The festival, the fifth, is due to open on Friday and end on July 25. Among the Portuguese documentaries on the programme is “The … Continue reading "Macao International Documentary Film Festival returns"
7 July 2021
The head of the Portuguese Institute of the Orient in Macao, Joaquim Ramos, expects exponential growth in demand for certification of proficiency in Portuguese as a foreign language, Plataforma Macau reports. The publication quotes Mr Ramos as saying in an interview that the institute tests about 400 candidates for certification each year, a growing proportion … Continue reading "More demand for language proficiency certification forecast"
6 July 2021
The authorities in Brazil granted more working visas to qualified Chinese than to applicants of any other nationality last year, the Brazilian International Migration Observatory says. The observatory, a government body, says in a document published last month that the authorities granted the next-highest numbers of working visas to Americans, then Japanese, and then French … Continue reading "Chinese the most numerous recipients of Brazilian work visas"
6 July 2021
China is among the countries that the Angolan investment and export promotion agency, Aipex, is putting most effort into tapping for private investment in Angola, Angop reports. The Angolan state-run news agency says China is one of 27 countries that Aipex has chosen to concentrate on because of their record of investment in the sort … Continue reading "Agency means to tap China for investment in Angola"
6 July 2021
Portuguese law firm PRA-Raposo, Sá Miranda & Associados has set up a special desk for advising Chinese living in Portugal, the ECO website reports. The Portuguese news website says the lawyer in charge of the desk is a new partner in the firm, Lin Man of China, who previously ran the equivalent service at another … Continue reading "Portuguese law firm opens desk for Chinese expatriates"
6 July 2021
According to the Legal Deposit Regime regarding Macao publications, the Department of Public Library Management under the Cultural Affairs Bureau is responsible for the collection, preservation and management of local publications and the provision of materials for research purposes. In accordance with the statistics on registration of the International Standard Book Number (ISBN) requests provided … Continue reading "Report on the state of publication of books in Macao (2020)"
5 July 2021
Mozambique has taken delivery of 500,000 more doses of the COVID-19 vaccine devised by Sinopharm Group Co. Ltd of China, Xinhua reports. The Chinese state-run news agency says the vaccine was bought by the Mozambican public and private sectors through their joint scheme to supply the government with 139,000 doses. The report quotes Mozambican Minister … Continue reading "Mozambique gets another 500,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine"
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"
