28 September 2020
Official figures show that the average price per transaction of high-end real estate bought by Chinese in Portugal last year was over 373,000 euros (about US$437,000), over twice the average price that buyers abroad in general paid for such property. The Portuguese National Statistics Institute published data indicating that Chinese spent 165.3 million euros on … Continue reading "Chinese splash out on high-end property in Portugal in 2019"
28 September 2020
China-Brazil Innovation Week has begun in the eastern Chinese city of Ningbo, the China News Service (CNS) reports. The Chinese state-run news agency says that during the week the spotlight will be shone on the digital economy, green technology, biomedical and smart city development industries in Brazil. The report quotes a Ningbo official, Zhang Minghua, … Continue reading "China-Brazil Innovation Week focuses on the unconventional"
28 September 2020
Timor-Leste has opened in Shanghai a centre intended to spur sales of Timorese organically grown coffee in the mainland Chinese market, the China News Service (CNS) reports. The Chinese state-run news agency says visitors to the centre can see how advanced technology for roasting the beans is used to produce top-notch coffee. The report says … Continue reading "Centre for promoting Timorese coffee opens in Shanghai"
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"
28 September 2020
The fourth World Chinese-Portuguese Translation Competition, put on by the Macao Polytechnic Institute and the Macao Higher Education Bureau, drew 211 competing teams representing 55 institutions of higher education around the globe, the institute says. The Macao Polytechnic Institute announced in writing that Renata André Véran de Azevedo de Moura and Cheng Xiaoyu of the … Continue reading "Chinese-Portuguese translation contest draws 211 entries"
24 September 2020
Chinese e-commerce company JD.com has opened an online shop that sells Portuguese products, Lusa reports, citing Portuguese Trade and Investment Agency President Luís Castro Henriques. The Portuguese news agency quotes Mr Castro Henriques as saying the online shop began by offering Portuguese wine made by Quinta do Portal, Symington, Bacalhoa, Porto Réccua and Real Companhia … Continue reading "JD.com opens online shop selling Portuguese products"
24 September 2020
Chinese maker of solar panels Risen Energy Co. Ltd has received orders from Brazil for monocrystalline modules with a combined capacity of 54 megawatts, the SolarBe website reports. The Chinese website quotes a written statement issued by Shenzhen-listed Risen Energy as saying the company is among the three biggest suppliers of solar panels in Brazil, … Continue reading "Risen Energy share of Brazilian solar panel market swells"
24 September 2020
The Chinese contractor building Chongoene Airport in the southern Mozambican province of Gaza will soon restart construction work, Jornal Notícias reports. Work will resume now that the contractor and the provincial authorities have agreed on precautions to protect the workers against the Covid-19 virus, the Mozambican newspaper says. Last month Rádio Moçambique reported that the … Continue reading "Chinese contractor to re-start work on Mozambican airport"
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"
22 September 2020
A Brazilian chain of dental clinics, Coife Odonto, is one of the finalists for the Franchising Brasil International Highlight Award, the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency, or Apex-Brasil, says. Apex-Brasil issued a written statement saying Coife Odonto opened in February its first clinic in China, called VIP Dental, in the southern city of Shenzhen. … Continue reading "Brazilian dentistry chain up for prize for thrust into China"
21 September 2020
The AliExpress arm of Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group Holding Ltd will subsidise merchants that charge customers nothing to ship to Brazil purchases made on the AliExpress shopping website, Cifnews reports. The Chinese website quotes AliExpress as announcing in writing that the company will pay merchants 3 renminbi (about US$0.44) a time for shipping without … Continue reading "AliExpress to subsidise free shipping of purchases to Brazil"
21 September 2020
The Angolan subsidiary of Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd of China will equip schools in the central Angolan provinces of Bié and Huambo with computers, Expansão reports. The Angolan newspaper says the Huawei subsidiary will supply the computer hardware and software while Angolan telecommunications company Unitel will connect the schools to the Internet in a joint … Continue reading "Huawei subsidiary to supply Angolan schools with computers"
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"
17 September 2020
Representatives of the European Union and China have signed a protected designation of origin agreement which covers food and drink, the European Commission says. The commission issued a written announcement saying the European Parliament must ratify the agreement before it can come into effect, which is expected to happen early next year. The commission says … Continue reading "Sino-EU protected designation of origin agreement signed"
16 September 2020
The government of the northeastern Brazilian state of Ceará says Chinese maker of wind turbines Mingyang Smart Energy Group Co. Ltd has agreed to set up wind farm offshore there. The state government issued a written announcement saying Mingyang Smart Energy chose the place because of its potential for wind power generation. The announcement says … Continue reading "Mingyang Smart Energy to set up wind farm off NE Brazil"
16 September 2020
State-owned China Railway 20 Bureau Group Corp. has begun construction of a bridge over the Calondo river in Caimbambo, in the northern Angolan province of Benguela, and should finish it in four months, Angop reports. The Angolan state-run news agency says an Angolan government official, Manuel Lituai, presided over the ground-breaking ceremony. The report says … Continue reading "China Railway 20 Bureau starts work on new bridge in Angola"
15 September 2020
The vaccination of Brazilians against the Covid-19 virus, using a vaccine developed by Sinovac Biotech Ltd of China, could begin in January, the Globo website reports, citing a health official in the southeastern Brazilian state of São Paulo, Jean Gorinchteyn. The Brazilian news website quotes Mr Gorinchteyn as saying he hopes 46 million doses of … Continue reading "Brazil may begin using Chinese Covid-19 vaccine in January"
15 September 2020
Eight doctors have left the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, bound for São Tomé e Príncipe on the fifth in a series of Chinese medical missions to the country, the Sichuan News website reports. The provincial government-run website says the doctors include a general surgeon, a stomatologist, a cardiologist, an obstetrician and gynaecologist, and an … Continue reading "New Chinese medical mission heads for São Tomé e Príncipe"
