23 July 2020
Chinese shipbuilder BOMESC Offshore Engineering Co. Ltd says its subsidiary in the northeastern Chinese city of Tianjin has clinched the contract to build part of a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for MODEC Offshore Production Systems (Singapore) Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of MODEC Inc. of Japan. BOMESC told the Shanghai Stock Exchange on … Continue reading "BOMESC subsidiary to build FPSO for deployment off Brazil"
23 July 2020
Clinical trials of CoronaVac, a potential vaccine against the Covid-19 virus developed by Sinovac Biotech Ltd of China, begun on Monday in the Brazilian city of São Paulo, Agência Brasil reports. The Brazilian state-run news agency says 890 volunteers there will receive a first dose of the vaccine, to be followed by a second dose … Continue reading "São Paulo starts trials of Sinovac Biotech Covid-19 vaccine"
Macao experts participate in discussions on the financial sector’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic
23 July 2020
The sixth session of the international webinar on the Covid-19 pandemic, which focused on the global financial sector’s response to the pandemic, was held on 21 July. Macao’s financial experts, including representatives from the Macao Monetary authority and the Bank of China (Macao Branch) took part in the discussions and exchanged experiences with their counterparts … Continue reading "Macao experts participate in discussions on the financial sector’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic"
21 July 2020
Rio de Janeiro football club Flamengo sold Chinese and Portuguese television broadcasters the rights to air the second leg of its local derby match against Fluminense in the Rio de Janeiro state championship, the club’s own television station, FlaTV, reports. FlaTV quotes the president of Flamengo, Rodolfo Landim, as saying the club is trying to … Continue reading "Rio de Janeiro football derby shown on TV in China"
20 July 2020
The second ship registered at the free trade port of Yangpu, in the southern Chinese island province of Hainan, has sailed on its maiden voyage, the Hainan Daily reports. The Hainan government-run newspaper says the China COSCO Shipping Corp. Ltd freighter, displacing 62,000 tonnes, was registered on Sunday and three days later was named the … Continue reading "Another ship registered at Yangpu bound for Brazil"
17 July 2020
Kintor Pharmaceutical Ltd of China is supplying a male sex hormone blocker for a clinical trial in Brazil of a treatment for Covid-19, which is being led by Applied Biology Inc. of the United States, the BioWorld website reports. The website says the purpose of the trial is to confirm whether proxalutamide can reduce the … Continue reading "Kintor Pharmaceutical involved in Brazilian clinical trial"
17 July 2020
The authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong intend to set up on the island of Hengqin, which abuts Macao, an office for collaboration by prosecutors in China and the Portuguese-speaking world, the Nanfang Daily reports. The newspaper quotes the senior prosecutor on the island, Zhou Liren, as saying the office will better protect … Continue reading "Hengqin to have office for intl collaboration by prosecutors"
16 July 2020
The amount of soybeans imported by China rose to 11.16 million tonnes last month, 71 percent more than a year earlier and the most in any month yet, Reuters reports, citing figures given by the Chinese customs service. The news agency attributes the rise to the arrival of a flurry of shipments from Brazil, where … Continue reading "Brazilian prices impel Chinese soybean imports to new record"
15 July 2020
Chinese developer of vaccines CanSino Biologics Inc. is in talks about holding clinical trials of a potential vaccine against the Covid-19 virus in Brazil, Chile, Russia and Saudi Arabia, Reuters reports, citing a co-founder of the company, Qiu Dongxu. The news agency quotes Mr Qiu as telling a conference in the eastern Chinese city of … Continue reading "CanSino seeking to try out Covid-19 vaccine in Brazil"
15 July 2020
Bank of China (BOC) Macau Branch General Manager Li Guang says his branch is working toward starting a service to facilitate flows of investment and other financing between China and the Portuguese-speaking world. Mr Li writes in an article published on the World Finance website that the service would give Chinese enterprises information about projects … Continue reading "BOC Macau Branch taking bigger role in international finance"
14 July 2020
Trade in merchandise between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries reached US$51.775 billion in the period from January to May 2020. It represented a 12.0 percent decline year-on-year, according to data from China Customs. Portuguese-speaking Countries sold goods worth US$37.1 billion to China in the first five months of 2020 – a fall of 12.93 percent year-on-year. … Continue reading "Trade between China, Portuguese-speaking Countries tops US$51.8 bln in January-May 2020"
14 July 2020
Trade in merchandise between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries reached US$41.828 billion in the period from January to April 2020. It represented a 9.57 percent decrease year-on-year, according to data from China Customs. Portuguese-speaking Countries sold goods worth US$30.103 billion to China in the first four months of 2020 – a fall of 10.74 percent year-on-year. … Continue reading "Trade between China, Portuguese-speaking Countries nearly US$41.8 bln in January-April 2020"
14 July 2020
Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd of China is working on applying fifth-generation wireless telecommunications technology to automating an iron ore mine in Brazil, the International Mining website reports. The website says this is the outcome of an agreement by the Brazilian subsidiary of Huawei and Brazilian miner Sul Americana de Metais SA (SAM), which is owned … Continue reading "Huawei to apply 5G technology to automating Brazilian mine"
13 July 2020
A study of the market concludes that e-commerce presents a big opportunity for Brazilian shoemakers to sell their products in China, the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency says. The agency issued a written statement saying the results of the study will be disseminated in a free webinar next Thursday. The statement quotes an official … Continue reading "Brazilian shoemakers advised to try selling online in China"
13 July 2020
Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd of China is helping all the main wireless telecommunications companies in Brazil prepare for an auction of radio spectrum for fifth-generation networks, Reuters reports, citing a Huawei executive, Marcelo Motta. The news agency quotes Mr Motta as saying in an interview that Huawei is helping each carrier modernise its infrastructure, and … Continue reading "Huawei helping wireless telcos in Brazil prepare for 5G"
9 July 2020
China imported crude oil at the rate of 11.93 million barrels per day last month, 25.4 percent faster than a year earlier and the fastest rate in any month on record, the OilX Research website says. OilX Research says the rate last month was 7.4 percent faster than in May as the economy in China … Continue reading "Brazil, Angola take bigger share of Chinese oil market"
8 July 2020
The Brazilian regulator, Anvisa, says it has given permission for clinical trials of CoronaVac, a vaccine against the Covid-19 virus developed by Sinovac Biotech Ltd of China. Anvisa issued a written statement saying a Brazilian biomedical research centre, the Butantan Institute, asked for permission to try out the vaccine. The regulator says the vaccine will … Continue reading "Trials of Chinese anti-Covid-19 vaccine permitted in Brazil"
8 July 2020
The customs service in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangxi has cleared for import 17,700 tonnes of Brazilian cotton, after an inspection that lasted five months, the China News Service (CNS) reports. The Chinese state-run news agency says the cotton is the first yet imported by the holder of the Jiangxi provincial cotton reserves, a … Continue reading "Brazilian cotton imported by Jiangxi clears customs"
7 July 2020
XCMG Bank Brazil, owned by the Chinese maker of construction equipment Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group Co. Ltd (XCMG), has opened for business, Xinhua reports. The Chinese government-run news agency quotes XCMG Chairman Wang Min as saying in his speech at the opening ceremony, held online, that he believes the bank can serve Chinese and Brazilian … Continue reading "XCMG Bank Brazil getting down to business"
3 July 2020
Over 330 companies in 38 or more different parts of the world took part in the Brazil’s Independent Games (BIG) Festival, which was held online last week, the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency says. The agency issued a written statement saying that among the entities taking part were ByteDance Ltd, the operator of the … Continue reading "Notable Chinese attendance online during BIG Festival"
