28 September 2020
The Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute, or IPIM, is setting up in Beijing an area where products of the Portuguese-speaking world will be exhibited during Beijing-Macao Week from 26 to 29 September. IPIM announced in writing that 11 Macao companies will occupy space in its Portuguese-speaking Countries Products Exhibition Zone. The institute says they … Continue reading "Macao to exhibit products from lusophone world in Beijing"
23 September 2020
Governor Chen Wu of the southern Chinese autonomous region of Guangxi Zhuang hopes his region can make full use of Macao as a bridge between China and the Portuguese-speaking world, the Macao SAR Government says. The government issued a written statement quoting Mr Chen as saying so when he and Macao Chief Executive Ho Iat … Continue reading "Governor wants closer ties between Guangxi, lusophone world"
23 September 2020
In celebration of the 15th anniversary of the inscription of the Historic Centre of Macao on the World Heritage List as well as the reinstatement of travel permit issuance for Mainland residents to Macao in late September, the Macao SAR Government will roll out a series of promotional activities themed as “Beijing-Macao Week” along Wangfujing Street … Continue reading "IPIM organises Macao enterprises to participate in Beijing-Macao Week to promote Macao brands and products from Portuguese-speaking countries through multiple channels"
22 September 2020
Governor Wang Ning of the southeastern Chinese province of Fujian has called for the construction there of an industrial park to exploit the function of Macao as a place where China and the Portuguese-speaking world can conduct business, the Macao SAR Government says. The government issued a written statement quoting Mr Wang as saying so … Continue reading "Industrial park mooted for linking Fujian to lusophone world"
17 September 2020
Trade in merchandise between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries reached US$64.598 billion in the period from January to June 2020. It represented a 7.9 percent decline year-on-year, according to data from China Customs. Portuguese-speaking Countries sold goods worth US$46.742 billion to China in the first six months of 2020 – a fall of 7.32 percent year-on-year. … Continue reading "Trade between China, Portuguese-speaking Countries nearly US$64.60bln in January-June 2020"
8 September 2020
Eight Cabo Verdean students stuck in Macao after earning bachelor’s degrees there have now left for home, TDM-Macao reports. The public television broadcaster says three of the students have degrees in translating and interpreting between Chinese and Portuguese, and five have degrees in business administration in the field of gaming and recreation management. One student, … Continue reading "Repatriation of Cabo Verdean students in Macao begins"
28 August 2020
The Cabo Verdean government will begin next month bringing home 30 Cabo Verdean students that have completed programmes of tertiary education in mainland China or Macao, but are stuck there, Lusa reports. The Portuguese news agency quotes Cabo Verdean Minister of Foreign Affairs and Communities Luís Filipe Tavares as telling a press conference that 22 … Continue reading "Repatriation of Cabo Verdean students in China to begin soon"
25 August 2020
Prime Minister Ulisses Correia Silva of Cabo Verde will soon appoint the heads of a special maritime economic zone on and around the Cabo Verdean island of São Vicente, which is backed by China, Inforpress reports. The Cabo Verdean state-run news agency quotes Mr Correia e Silva as saying so at the formal assumption of … Continue reading "Heads of Cabo Verdean economic zone to be appointed soon"
21 August 2020
Two Portuguese companies are among the five remaining bidders for the contract to build a cruise terminal on the Cabo Verdean island of São Vicente, in a maritime special economic zone set up with Chinese support, Lusa reports. The Portuguese news agency quotes a written statement issued by the Cabo Verdean port authority as saying … Continue reading "Portuguese builders vie for African cruise terminal contract"
20 August 2020
A Chinese-language version of a guide for would-be investors in Angola, Cabo Verde, Guiné-Bissau, Mozambique, São Tomé e Príncipe, and Timor-Leste has been published in Macao, Lusa reports, citing the MacauLink media group. The Portuguese news agency quotes a written statement issued by MacauLink as saying it collaborated with other businesses and institutions in Macao … Continue reading "Guide for investors in lusophone countries translated"
11 August 2020
Macao Lawyers Association President Jorge Neto Valente has said he wants businesses to avail of commercial arbitration in the city, particularly businesses in the Portuguese-speaking world and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the Macao government says. The Legal Affairs Bureau issued a written statement quoting Mr Neto Valente as calling for more advertising abroad … Continue reading "Use Macao for commercial arbitration, legal luminary says"
7 August 2020
Governments and other investors from Portuguese-speaking Countries could issue green bonds in Macao and Hong Kong, according to Jacky So Yuk-Chow, a finance professor at the University of Macau’s Faculty of Business Management. The report by the Lusa news agency quoted the academic as saying that Macao’s historic, cultural and linguistic ties to the Portuguese-speaking … Continue reading "Macao could be platform for green bonds, says academic"
6 August 2020
Macao Legislative Assembly Member José Pereira Coutinho has called for long-haul air services between Macao and the rest of the world – in particular, the Portuguese-speaking world, Ponto Final reports. The Macao newspaper quotes Mr Pereira Coutinho as saying the city could become a staging post for Mainland Chinese tourists travelling to Europe. Mr Pereira … Continue reading "Lawmaker calls for intercontinental flights to Macao"
3 August 2020
The State Reference Laboratory for Lunar and Planetary Science at Macau University of Science and Technology is preparing a project in Portugal and Cabo Verde to help the search for life on Mars, Lusa reports. The Portuguese news agency quotes the head of astrobiology at the laboratory, André Antunes, as saying the Covid-19 pandemic has … Continue reading "Lab in Macao involved in Chinese quest for life on Mars"
30 July 2020
Paradise Soaps of Cabo Verde intends to begin exporting the natural soap and shampoo it makes to Asia and Europe, starting with Macao, Inforpress reports, citing the proprietor, Inês Silva. The Cabo Verdean state-run news agency quotes Ms Silva as saying she hopes to resume within two months exporting Paradise Soaps products to the United … Continue reading "Cabo Verdean maker of soap, shampoo eyes Macao market"
29 July 2020
Cabo Verdean Agriculture and Environment Minister Gilberto Silva has said China will join in an international endeavour to eradicate millipedes infesting farms on the northern Cabo Verdean island of Santo Antão, RTC reports. The Cabo Verdean public broadcaster quotes Mr Silva as saying during a visit to Santo Antão by a delegation led by Prime-Minister … Continue reading "China to help drive to rid Cabo Verdean island of millipedes"
27 July 2020
“Macao Franchise Expo 2020” (MFE) will be held at The Venetian Macao from 22 to 24 October. In order to further interest the general public in franchise business and to enable more companies to learn how to improve their brand’s competitiveness through online training, the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) will work with … Continue reading "”Macao Franchise Expo 2020 Online Training Seminar” Opens for Applications to Improves Competitiveness of SMEs’ Brands"
24 July 2020
Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva of Cabo Verde says the Portelinha public housing complex on the Cabo Verdean island of São Vicente should be ready for occupation by next April. The Cabo Verdean government issued a written statement quoting Mr Correia e Silva as saying while visiting the site of the complex that the … Continue reading "Chinese builder to have Cabo Verdean homes finished in April 2021"
20 July 2020
The construction of a big hospital on the Cabo Verdean island of São Vicente, which China is financing, will be finished in a few years, Expresso das Ilhas reports, quoting Cabo Verdean Health Minister Arlindo do Rosário. The Cabo Verdean newspaper quotes Mr do Rosário as saying the hospital will have much-needed facilities for dialysis, … Continue reading "China paying for hospital being built on Cabo Verdean island"
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"
