16 June 2021
Guangdong and Macao will continue to bolster effort in order to realise national strategies, while stepping up pragmatic cooperation for promoting people’s well-being. The latest Guangdong-Macao Cooperation Joint Conference was held today via video link. The Chief Executive, Mr Ho Iat Seng, and the Governor of Guangdong, Mr Ma Xingrui, headed respective delegations taking part … Continue reading "Four major directions for next phase of Guangdong-Macao cooperation"
16 June 2021
Three aspects of the intangible cultural heritage of Macao, including Macanese cuisine and theatre in Patuá, have been added to the Chinese official list of national intangible cultural heritage, the Macao Cultural Affairs Bureau says. The bureau announced in writing that the State Council, or cabinet, proclaimed the additions, all proposed by Macao, last week. … Continue reading "Aspects of Macanese culture achieve national recognition"
16 June 2021
Macao Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Ao Ieong U has promised that the Macao SAR Government will invest more in higher education with a view to making the city a centre for tuning out people bilingual in Chinese and Portuguese, the Macao Polytechnic Institute (MPI) says. The institute issued a written statement quoting Ms … Continue reading "Macao govt means to invest more in turning out bilinguists"
15 June 2021
Cabo Verde is about to take delivery of its first 50,000 doses of a vaccine against COVID-19 supplied by Sinopharm Group Co. Ltd of China, Lusa reports, citing Cabo Verdean Health Minister Arlindo do Rosário. The Portuguese news agency quotes Mr do Rosário as saying on Wednesday that the order will raise to almost 200,000 … Continue reading "Cabo Verde to receive first doses of Sinopharm vaccine"
15 June 2021
Brazilian miner Mineração Buritirama SA has taken an order from China Minmetals Corp. for a 10-year supply of manganese, Valor Económico reports. Mineração Buritirama will supply the manganese at the rate of 1.5 million tonnes a year, and the Chinese state-owned trading company will make an advance payment of US$400 million, according to a report … Continue reading "Mineração Buritirama sells China 15 mln tonnes of manganese"
15 June 2021
S&P Global Platts Analytics forecasts that Brazilian exports of soybeans will be greater this month than a year ago, because of strong demand in China. The monitor of commodities markets says in a report it published on Tuesday that Chinese demand for soybeans has leapt as pig farming there recovers from an outbreak of African … Continue reading "June exports of Brazilian soybeans tipped to grow"
11 June 2021
The average price per transaction paid by Chinese buyers of real estate in Portugal last year was over 373,000 euros (about US$454,000), the most paid by buyers of any foreign nationality, the Notícias ao Minuto website reports, citing the findings of a study by the Portuguese Resorts Association. Among the various sets of foreign buyers … Continue reading "Chinese buyers splash out on real estate in Portugal in 2019"
11 June 2021
Brazilian video streaming service Globoplay has shown online a documentary about the effort to vaccinate the people of the central Chinese city of Wuhan against COVID-19 and so restore life there to normal, the China Daily reports. The Chinese state-run newspaper says the video was the fifth in a series of documentaries called “The Vaccine … Continue reading "Globoplay documentary looks at vaccination drive in Wuhan"
11 June 2021
The branch of the Confucius Institute at the University of Lisbon has held the Portuguese heat of the 20th Chinese Bridge, an annual contest among students of Chinese language and culture around the world, the Chinese Embassy in Lisbon says. The embassy, one of the organisers, says in a written statement issued on Tuesday that … Continue reading "Portuguese heat of Chinese language contest held in Lisbon"
10 June 2021
Representatives of the Portugal-China SMEs Chamber of Commerce and the Angola-China Chamber of Commerce will sign tomorrow a cooperation agreement, the Sino-Portuguese chamber says. The chamber announced in writing that the signing will be a feature of the celebration of the first anniversary of its founding, to be held in Condeixa-a-Nova in central Portugal, and … Continue reading "Sino-Portuguese, Sino-Angolan chambers agree to cooperate"
10 June 2021
The Macao Polytechnic Institute (MPI) says the deadline for applying to attend an MPI workshop on the teaching of Portuguese is June 20. The online workshop is free for teachers of the Portuguese language at any Chinese university, but the number that can attend is limited, so those in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area … Continue reading "Teachers of Portuguese invited to Macao poly online workshop"
9 June 2021
A shipment of 100,000 doses of a Chinese-made vaccine against COVID-19 and 100,800 syringes, all donated by China, has arrived in Timor-Leste, the Chinese Embassy in Dili says. The embassy issued a written statement quoting Chinese Ambassador to Timor-Leste Xiao Jianguo as saying that the gift shows the firmness of Chinese support for Timorese efforts … Continue reading "Chinese gift of COVID-19 vaccine reaches Timor-Leste"
9 June 2021
The Portuguese National Association of Pêra Rocha Producers intends to start next year a sales promotion drive meant to tap primarily the Chinese market for the variety of pear its members grow, Xinhua reports. The Chinese state-run news agency quotes the head of the association, Domingos dos Santos, as saying the drive will cost 430,000 … Continue reading "Portuguese growers of pears aim to kickstart sales in China"
8 June 2021
A feature of Macao Week in Shanghai, which ends today, was a day-long business-matching event there at which deals were struck by Macao sellers of products of the Portuguese-speaking world, the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute, or IPIM, says. Over 110 representatives of companies in Macao and Shanghai gathered last Thursday to attend 96 … Continue reading "Goods from Portuguese-speaking world find buyers in Shanghai"
8 June 2021
Representatives of 20 companies in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area attended a seminar about wines made in Portuguese-speaking parts of the world, the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute, or IPIM, says. The seminar, at the IPIM office in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, heard about wines sold by five distributors in Macao, … Continue reading "Guangzhou event hears about wines from lusophone countries"
8 June 2021
Sino-EU relations, governance of the European Union and global governance were among the topics discussed at a conference held by the University of Macau and attended by 17 academics belonging to institutions in Macao, mainland China, Britain and Portugal, the university says. Institute of European Studies of Macau President José Luís Sales Marques told the … Continue reading "University of Macau conference discusses Sino-EU relations"
7 June 2021
The Tâmega and Sousa Business Council in northern Portugal and the Portugal-China Small and Medium Enterprises Chamber of Commerce have agreed to cooperate, the council says. The council announced in writing that the parties to the agreement, signed on Tuesday, will together find opportunities for enterprises in the Tâmega and Sousa area to do business … Continue reading "Agreement meant to help part of Portugal tap Chinese markets"
7 June 2021
The first Shanghai-Macao Cooperation Conference is a crucial and fresh opportunity for bilateral ties between the two places, representing the launch of a high-level cooperation mechanism and a platform for dialogue. Macao and Shanghai will step up effort to deepen exchange across a broad range of sectors. The Shanghai-Macao Cooperation Conference was held today in … Continue reading "Shanghai-Macao Cooperation Conference crucial progress for bilateral ties"
7 June 2021
The Chief Executive, Mr Ho Iat Seng, today met with the President of Fudan University, Mr Xu Ningsheng, to exchange views on how to step up Macao’s talent-cultivation effort, and bolster exchange between tertiary-education institutions in Macao and Shanghai. The meeting was held in Shanghai. Mr Ho had arrived in the city on Thursday (3 … Continue reading "Macao CE meets Fudan University President to discuss topic of talent development"
7 June 2021
Soochow University in eastern China, the City University of Macau and the University of Évora in Portugal have jointly held online a conference on the conservation of Sino-Portuguese cultural heritage, the Macao Daily News reports. The newspaper says the China-Portugal Joint Laboratory of Cultural Heritage Conservation Science put on the conference on Wednesday under the … Continue reading "Conference discusses Sino-Portuguese cultural heritage"
