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China authorises the import of melon from Brazil

23 January 2020
The General Administration of Customs China (GACC) announced it had approved the import of melon from Brazil, following an agreement reached between the two countries in November 2019, said the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply.

Angola negotiates the end of oil-backed debt with China

23 January 2020
The government of Angola is negotiating with its Chinese counterpart to end the use of oil as a guarantee for bilateral debt, said in London, the Angolan Minister of State for Economic Coordination, Manuel Nunes Júnior.

Forum Macau analyses report on its 15 years of activity

22 January 2020
Forum Macau has analysed the report prepared by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences on the activities of the institution in its 15 years of existence, according to information from the Support Office of the Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macau.

China Merchants Port Holdings sells assets in Brazil to two state funds in China

20 January 2020
China Merchants Port Holdings Co., Ltd. has sold part of the shares of Paranaguá Container Terminal (TCP), one of the largest in Brazil, to two Chinese state funds, including one focused on the markets of Portuguese-speaking countries, the group said in a statement issued on Friday.

Chinese company builds Brazil’s new Antarctic base

17 January 2020
The vice-president of Brazil, Hamilton Mourão, on Wednesday inaugurated the new Brazilian scientific research base in Antarctica, built on the site of the one destroyed by a fire in 2012 due to a fuel spillage, reported the Brazilian press.

CPLP announces new funding to support Mozambique

17 January 2020
The Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) will help the reconstruction of areas of Mozambique affected by cyclones in 2019 with funding of €888,600, with funding totalling €1.26 million, said the organisation in a statement.

Introduction of 5G in Brazil postponed until 2021/2022

14 January 2020
The introduction in Brazil of 5G mobile communications technology should occur at the end of 2021 or early in 2022, according to a projection from the Minister of Science, Technology, Innovation and Communications, Marcos Pontes, quoted by the Brazilian press.

China increases imports of pork and Brazil reaps the benefits

10 January 2020
China will increase imports of pork and release part of the state reserve to ensure supply and stable prices before the Lunar New Year holiday, announced on Thursday in Beijing the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Geng Shuang.

Diplomat from São Tomé and Príncipe chosen as director-general of the CPLP

10 January 2020
São Tomé diplomat Armindo Brito Fernandes, 58 years old and a law graduate, will be the new director-general of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP), taking on the position next February for a term of three years, announced the embassy of São Tomé and Príncipe in Portugal.

China is the main importer of chicken meat from Brazil in 2019

8 January 2020
In 2019 China was the main importer of chicken meat produced in Brazil with purchases of 585,300 tonnes, or growth of 34% compared to 483,000 tonnes in 2018, said the Brazilian Association of Animal Protein.

Angola wants to facilitate movement within the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries

8 January 2020
The government of Angola expects that the progress made in the technical discussions can make the issue of movement within the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) less complex, the Angolan Minister for Foreign Affairs said on Monday in Lisbon.

Chinese group XCMG opens bank in Brazil

7 January 2020
The XCMG group, one of the largest manufacturers of heavy machinery in China, will open a bank in Brazil to finance the distributors of its products as well as other companies in the sector, the president of the group said in an interview published in Monday's edition of Brazilian daily newspaper Folha de São Paulo.

China remained Brazil’s main trading partner in 2019

7 January 2020
China remained the main trading partner of Brazil in 2019, with trade worth a total of US$98.142 billion, almost the same as the US$98.659 billion registered in 2018, a decline of 0.52%, according to official figures.

Angola’s Sonangol interested in Brazilian group Oi’s stake in Unitel

6 January 2020
Angolan national oil company Sonangol is interested in buying a 25% stake held by Brazilian telecommunications group Oi in Unitel, a mobile operator in Angola, the chairman of the Angolan state company told Portuguese weekly Expresso.

Chinese group BYD increases the production of solar panels in Brazil

3 January 2020
Chinese group BYD intends to significantly increase the production of solar panels in Brazil in 2020, in response to demand from the local market, said the director of marketing and sustainability of BYD in Brazil, Adalberto Maluf.

Brazil receives first images from Sino-Brazilian CBERS-4A Satellite

2 January 2020
Brazil's National Space Research Institute (INPE) on Tuesday released the first images taken by the CBERS-4A Satellite, built in partnership with the Chinese Academy of Space Technology.

Companies from China return to investment in Brazil in 2019

31 December 2019
Investments made by Chinese companies in Brazil increased once again in 2019, after a period of cooling in 2018, according to a survey carried out by the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) consultancy at the request of the Brazilian Power360 website.

China puts Chinese-Brazilian satellite CBERS-4A into orbit

26 December 2019
The CBERS-4A satellite was launched in the early hours of Friday, 20 December, from the satellite launching centre of Zhanjiang, a city located in China's Shanxi province, about 700 kilometres from the capital, Beijing, according to official information.

Establishment of Forum Macau has allowed for exponential growth of trade between the member countries

26 December 2019
The value of trade between China and the Portuguese-speaking countries has increased 12-fold since the creation of the Forum for Economic and trade cooperation between China and the Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macau), in 2003, said the secretary-general of the Permanent Office, Xu Yingzhen, in statements to the Tribuna de Macau newspaper.

Trade between China and Portuguese-speaking countries exceeds US$108 billion in the first nine months

20 December 2019
The value of trade between China and the Portuguese-speaking countries remained practically unchanged year-on-year from January to September 2019, rising by 0.05% to US$108.984 billion, according to official Chinese figures released by Forum Macau.
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