5 March 2021
A prominent Chinese academic, Wang Chengan, believes China and lusophone countries are a good match for trading purposes, the People’s Daily reports. The Chinese Communist Party newspaper says Mr Chengan is the leading authority in his field at the University of International Business and Economics Centre for Studies on China and Portuguese-speaking Countries, and that … Continue reading "China, lusophone countries considered well matched for trade"
5 March 2021
A load of Brazilian pulp is due to arrive in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing tomorrow, becoming the first to be delivered by ship and train through the New Western Land-Sea Corridor, China National Radio (CNR) reports. The Chinese state-run radio station says the 2,650 tonnes of pulp, carried in containers, left the southern … Continue reading "Brazilian pulp pioneers southern Chinese logistical route"
4 March 2021
On March 3, Deputy Secretary-General of the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao), Mr Ding Tian, welcomed to the Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao a delegation from the Administrative Committee of the China-Shanghai Cooperation Organization Demonstration Zone for Local Economic and Trade Cooperation. The visiting … Continue reading "Representatives from the Administrative Committee of the China-Shanghai Cooperation Organization Demonstration Zone for Local Economic and Trade Cooperation visit Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao"
4 March 2021
An adviser of the Fintech Association of Hong Kong, Oriol Caudevilla, thinks Macao should exploit its ties to the Portuguese-speaking world to get into the business of green finance. Mr Caudevilla, who sits on the committees of the association that deal with blockchain business, digital banking and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, says so … Continue reading "Macao urged to use foreign ties to get into green finance"
4 March 2021
The Lusophone Markets Business Association is considering setting up an outpost in the Nansha district of the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou to help companies doing business between China and the Portuguese-speaking world to attract investors and advertise, the Macau Daily News reports. The newspaper says some members of the association have called for the … Continue reading "Springboard for international business mooted for Nansha"
3 March 2021
Two more batches of ingredients for making the vaccine against COVID-19 marketed by AstraZeneca plc of Britain and Sweden have arrived in Brazil, the Brazilian government says. The foreign and health ministries jointly announced in writing that the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation will use the ingredients, which arrived last Saturday, to make about 12 million doses … Continue reading "Chinese ingredients for COVID-19 vaccine arrive in Brazil"
3 March 2021
Official data indicate that the value of merchandise exports by Macao to the Portuguese-speaking world grew to 160,000 patacas (about US$20,000) in January, over five times the value a year earlier. Figures published by the Macao Statistics and Census Service last week show that all merchandise exports in January were domestic exports, as opposed to … Continue reading "Macao January exports to Portuguese-speaking world quintuple"
3 March 2021
The head of the Macao Polytechnic Institute International Portuguese Training Centre, Joaquim Ramos de Carvalho, believes the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area will facilitate academic cooperation by China and the Portuguese-speaking world, the institute says. The Macao Polytechnic Institute issued a written statement quoting Mr Ramos de Carvalho as saying so at … Continue reading "Closer academic ties between China, lusophone world forecast"
3 March 2021
The China Foreign Languages Publishing Administration says it has formed a committee of lusophone experts to set and grade tests for translators and interpreters of Chinese into Portuguese and vice-versa, which will be introduced in June. The administration issued last week a written statement saying six of the 12 highly qualified translators and interpreters that … Continue reading "Lusophone committee to set translation, interpretation tests"
25 February 2021
Brazilian planemaker Embraer SA has delivered the first of its Praetor 500 business jets to a customer in Brazil, the China Aviation News website says. Brazil is the most important business aviation market in Latin America, the website reported yesterday, citing Embraer Vice President of Sales for Latin America, Gustavo Teixeira. The report quotes Mr … Continue reading "First Embraer Praetor 500 jet delivered to Brazilian buyer"
24 February 2021
Energias de Portugal SA (EDP) has put Miguel Setas in charge of its electricity transmission and distribution businesses in Brazil, Macao, Portugal and Spain, Reuters reports, citing a letter sent by Mr Setas to EDP’s business partners. The news agency quotes a circular announcement as saying Mr Setas joined the EDP executive board last month. … Continue reading "Miguel Setas to run key parts of EDP electricity business"
23 February 2021
Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd of China says it has helped a Chinese school in Brazil convert to teaching online to get round restrictions on attendance due to precautions against the spread of COVID-19. A written statement that Huawei issued last week says the Escola Chinesa Internacional in Rio de Janeiro has adopted its IdeaHub intelligent … Continue reading "Huawei helps Chinese school in Brazil improve online classes"
22 February 2021
China will keep working with Brazil to enhance Sino-Brazilian cooperation on vaccines against COVID-19, the China Daily reported, citing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China. The Chinese state-owned newspaper quoted a spokesman for the ministry, Wang Wenbin, as saying vaccines are an important means of countering the COVID-19 pandemic and … Continue reading "China, Brazil to keep collaborating on COVID-19 vaccines"
22 February 2021
Trade in merchandise between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries reached US$145.185 billion in the period from January to December 2020. It represented a 2.98 percent decrease year-on-year, according to data from China Customs. Portuguese-speaking Countries sold goods worth US$101.949 billion to China in 2020, down by 3.43 percent year-on-year. The value of China’s merchandise exports to those countries … Continue reading "Trade between China, Portuguese-speaking Countries nearly US$145.19 bln in 2020"
10 February 2021
The authorities in Brazil are discussing with Sinovac Biotech Ltd of China the acquisition of 20 million more doses of CoronaVac, a vaccine against COVID-19 developed by the company, Reuters reports. The news agency quotes Governor Joao Doria of the Brazilian state of São Paulo as saying that Instituto Butantan, a state-owned biomedical research centre … Continue reading "Brazil negotiating acquisition of more doses of CoronaVac"
8 February 2021
Brazilian financial technology company Nu Pagamentos SA (Nubank) announced last week it has raised US$400 million in funding. Nubank announced in writing that Chinese technology company Tencent Holdings Ltd, already an investor in Nubank, contributed to the sum. Nubank says the contributors were led by a group of renowned investors in private and public equity, … Continue reading "Tencent contributes a portion of US$400 mln raised by Nubank"
8 February 2021
Trade in merchandise between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries reached US$132.312 billion in the period from January to November 2020. It represented a 1.43 percent decline year-on-year, according to data from China Customs. Portuguese-speaking Countries sold goods worth US$93.9 billion to China in the first 11 months of 2020 – a decrease of 2.0 percent year-on-year. The … Continue reading "Trade between China, Portuguese-speaking Countries nearly US$132.31 bln in January-November 2020"
8 February 2021
Trade in merchandise between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries reached US$118.912 billion in the period from January to October 2020. It represented a 2.07 percent decline year-on-year, according to data from China Customs. Portuguese-speaking Countries sold goods worth US$85.426 billion to China in the first 10 months of 2020 – a decrease of 1.31 percent year-on-year. The value of China’s … Continue reading "Trade between China, Portuguese-speaking Countries nearly US$118.91 bln in January-October 2020"
3 February 2021
Hytera Communications Corp. Ltd of China announced on Monday that it has won a contract worth 49.6 million reals (about US$9.1 million) to maintain the TETRA communication system used by the Brazilian Federal Highway Police in several states. Hytera told the Shenzhen Stock Exchange that its Brazilian subsidiary, Teltronic Brasil Ltda, will maintain the system … Continue reading "Hytera to maintain Brazilian police communication system"
2 February 2021
State Power Investment Corp. Ltd (SPIC) of China says it has delivered the generators for the fourth-phase expansion of a power station complex at the southeastern Brazilian port of Açu. SPIC announced in writing that the generators at Açu, all fuelled by natural gas, will ultimately more than double the installed capacity of the complex … Continue reading "SPIC delivers generators for Açu power complex in Brazil"
