23 September 2021
The Chinese-backed power station at the southeastern Brazilian port of Açu has begun generating electricity, Xinhua reports. The Chinese government-run news agency says the power station is fuelled by natural gas, and that its first phase has 1.34 GW of installed capacity, enough to supply 6 million households with power. The first phase began operating … Continue reading "Chinese-backed, gas-fired power station in Brazil starts up"
23 September 2021
Brazilian Association in China for Industry, Commerce and Innovation President Henry Osvald believes the Guangdong-Macao Intensive Cooperation Zone on Hengqin Island, which abuts Macao, may attract bright minds from Brazilian universities, the NewsGD website reports. The Chinese website quotes Mr Osvald as saying Brazilians could join Macao and mainland Chinese entrepreneurs and academics in developing … Continue reading "Brazilian business leader sees potential of Hengqin Island"
23 September 2021
The Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute, or IPIM, says its Invest Here website, intended to boost flows of investment between China and the Portuguese-speaking world, is now online, after a four-month trial. The Invest Here website gives information about Macao, the nine mainland Chinese cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and major … Continue reading "Macao website to spur international flows of investment"
20 September 2021
In order to stimulate the local investment environment, give full play to the unique advantage of Macao as a platform between China and Portuguese-speaking countries, and attract domestic and overseas enterprises to implement their business projects in Macao, the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) has launched web and mobile versions of “Invest Here” … Continue reading "IPIM Launches the “Invest Here” Website to Provide Investment Information on a Number of Cities"
17 September 2021
China Week in Brasília is halfway through its eight days of lectures and films, given or shown free of charge online, according to the programme made public by the organisers, who are students of international relations at the University Center of Brasília, assisted by the Chinese Embassy in Brasília. On the programme today is lecture … Continue reading "Student-run China Week in Brasília in full swing"
16 September 2021
The Portuguese Language Communication Association in Macao begins today soliciting entries for a new contest among schoolchildren to write fiction in Portuguese and then illustrate it, inviting pupils at nine schools in the lusophone world to compete. The contest is open to school pupils aged between 10 and 12 in Angola, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau, … Continue reading "Lusophone school pupils invited to enter Macao story contest"
15 September 2021
Chinese maker of mobile phones Xiaomi Corp. has opened its third shop in Brazil, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, the Xinhua Silk Road website reports. The Chinese state-run news website says Xiaomi opened the new shop last week, and means to open its fourth Brazilian outlet, also in Rio de Janeiro, in November. … Continue reading "Xiaomi opens shop in Rio de Janeiro, its third in Brazil"
13 September 2021
A Brazilian diplomat believes the establishment the BRICS Partnership on New Industrial Revolution Innovation Center is a great opportunity for Brazilian and Chinese companies and scientific institutions to pursue joint projects and learn from each other, the China News Service (CNS) reports. The Chinese state-run news agency says the diplomat, José Roberto de Andrade Filho, … Continue reading "BRICS innovation centre opens its doors in Xiamen"
10 September 2021
A leading Brazilian businessman, Everton Monezzi, has said his country hopes to learn from the scientific and technological achievements of China to enhance its own competitiveness, the China News Service (CNS) reports. The Chinese state-run news agency quotes Mr Monezzi, who presides over LIDE China, a branch of an association of Brazilian business executives, as … Continue reading "Learn from development of China, Brazilian businesses urged"
10 September 2021
A prominent Portuguese financial adviser, Jorge Costa Oliveira, believes financial markets in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area have huge potential as a source of money for projects by companies in the Portuguese-speaking world. Mr Costa Oliveira, a member of the Portugal-China SMEs Chamber of Commerce Strategic Council and a former director of the Macao … Continue reading "Seek funds in South China, lusophone entrepreneurs advised"
8 September 2021
The master plan for the Guangdong-Macao Intensive Cooperation Zone on Hengqin Island, which abuts Macao, has been approved at the highest levels of the ruling party and government of China, Xinhua reports. The Chinese state-run news agency says the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council gave their approval last Sunday. The … Continue reading "Macao plan envisaging boost for intl trade gets green light"
7 September 2021
An online conference arranged by the Chinese Consulate-General in Rio de Janeiro brought together officials and businesspeople in China and Brazil to discuss green power and Sino-Brazilian cooperation in the energy business, the China News Service (CNS) reports. The Chinese state-run news agency says businesspeople attending agreed on closer technical cooperation in developing clean sources … Continue reading "Conference considers Sino-Brazilian cooperation in energy"
6 September 2021
The China-Brazil International Fair for Trade in Services is being held online between August 30 and September 16, 2021. This event is co-organised by the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-Operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao), to deepen economic and trade exchanges and boost pragmatic cooperation on trade in services … Continue reading "2021 China-Brazil International Fair for Trade in Services in progress"
6 September 2021
Among Chinese enterprises that do business online, interest in the market in Brazil is growing, stimulating consumption there and helping the South American economy recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, the People’s Daily reports. Data collected by Nielsen, a monitor of markets, indicate that the value of sales online in Brazil was 53 billion reals (about … Continue reading "E-commerce enterprises in China spurring Brazilian economy"
6 September 2021
The finalists of the Contest for Promotional Videos on Portuguese-speaking Countries, a competition jointly hosted by the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum Macao and the Macao Polytechnic Institute, have been selected from entries made by 24 teams. The finalists will now vie for the most votes, via online voting, and the corresponding special prize. Online … Continue reading "Online voting begins for Contest for Promotional Videos on Portuguese-speaking Countries"
20 August 2021
The authorities in the northeastern Brazilian state of Paraíba and in the northeastern Chinese province of Liaoning have agreed to increase their cooperation and exchanges, the Chinese Consulate-General in Recife says. The consulate-general announced in writing that their agreement was signed on Tuesday, during a conference online about exchanges between local authorities in China and … Continue reading "Paraíba, Liaoning agree to greater cooperation, exchanges"
17 August 2021
A Sino-Brazilian joint study has identified fossils found in the northwestern Chinese region of Xinjiang as those of two previously unknown species of sauropod dinosaur, the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology says. The study paper, published in Scientific Reports, says the fossils are the first of big sauropods found in … Continue reading "Sino-Brazilian study identifies previously unknown dinosaurs"
12 August 2021
Brazilian Foreign Minister Carlos França says his country aims to give or sell vaccines to other countries, particularly in South America, to help them counter the COVID-19 pandemic, Rádio Nacional reports. The Brazilian state-run broadcaster says Mr França was speaking at the International Forum on COVID-19 Vaccine Cooperation, a gathering last week of representatives of … Continue reading "Brazil aiming to export COVID-19 vaccines to neighbours"
11 August 2021
Trade in merchandise between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries reached US$90.483 billion in the period from January to June 2021. It represented a 40.07 percent increase year-on-year, according to data from China Customs. Portuguese-speaking Countries sold goods worth US$62.494 billion to China in the first six months of 2021 – a rise of 33.7 percent year-on-year. The value of … Continue reading "Trade between China, Portuguese-speaking Countries nearly US$90.48bln in January-June 2021"
11 August 2021
Trade in merchandise between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries reached US$71.423 billion in the period from January to May 2021. It represented a 37.95 percent increase year-on-year, according to data from China Customs. Portuguese-speaking Countries sold goods worth US$48.531 billion to China in the first five months of 2021 – an increase of 30.81 percent year-on-year. The value of China’s merchandise exports … Continue reading "Trade between China, Portuguese-speaking Countries tops US$71.4bln in January-May 2021"
