14 July 2021
The authorities in the southern Chinese province of Hainan have held a meeting online to inform Portuguese companies about the free trade policy in the province, the biggest special economic zone in China, and opportunities to invest there, the Hainan Daily reports. The government-run newspaper says the Hainan Provincial Bureau of International Economic Development held … Continue reading "Hainan reaches out to Portugal for trade and investment"
14 July 2021
Deputy Secretary-General of the Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao Mr Paulo Jorge Rodrigues do Espírito Santo – together with the Representatives of the Portuguese-speaking Countries at the Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao, and their respective families – visited on July 12 a photography exhibition in Macao celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist … Continue reading "Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao visits ‘100 Years of the Communist Party of China’ photo exhibition"
14 July 2021
The Macao Polytechnic Institute (MPI) says it is inviting the submission of academic papers for presentation at the 2nd International Conference on Encounter with the Human Sciences & The 4th LinCog – International Symposium on Language and Cognition. The institute announced in writing yesterday that it is holding the online gathering jointly with the University of … Continue reading "Macao poly calls for papers for international academic event"
13 July 2021
A Chinese-led project should be ready by December to begin supplying water to the drought-parched southern Angolan province of Cunene, Jornal de Angola reports, citing Angolan National Institute for Water Resources Director-General Manuel Quintino. The Angolan newspaper says Mr Quintino was speaking last week before Angolan President João Lourenço inspected the work. The project is … Continue reading "Chinese water works to relieve drought in southern Angola"
13 July 2021
The 9th Macao International Travel (Industry) Expo (referred to as the “Expo” or “MITE”) culminated in success on Sunday (11 July). Held from 9 – 11 July, the three-day Expo admitted close to 24,000 spectators and facilitated signing of 39 contracts. A total of 4,974 business-to-business meetings were conducted while the cumulative view counts hit 7.81 … Continue reading "9th Macao International Travel (Industry) Expo culminated in success"
12 July 2021
Official figures indicate that the amount of beef Brazil exported to China grew to 81,950 tonnes last month, 21.7 percent more than the month before and the most in any month on record, the Brazilian association of meat exporters, Abiec, says. Data collected by the Brazilian Economy Ministry show exports of beef to China were … Continue reading "Brazilian beef exports to China climb to new peak in June"
12 July 2021
The Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao) and Macao Government Tourism Office jointly held on July 9 the “Promotion Seminar of Tourism Products from Portuguese-speaking Countries”. The event took place at 2pm in Cotai Expo’s Sicily Ballroom, at the Venetian Macao resort. The seminar aimed … Continue reading "Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao and Macao Government Tourism Office jointly host ‘Promotion Seminar of Tourism Products for Portuguese-speaking Countries’"
12 July 2021
The 2021 Macao International Environmental Co-operation Forum & Exhibition (2021MIECF) is scheduled to take place from 5 to 7 August 2021. Every year, the MIECF invites prominent figures in the international environmental sector to serve as keynote speakers. The 2021MIECF has invited Ms. Dong Mingzhu, Chairperson and President of Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. of Zhuhai … Continue reading "Ms. Dong Mingzhu to Share Green Business Opportunities Brought by “Dual Carbon” Goals as Keynote Speaker at 2021MIECF"
9 July 2021
The Prime Box Brazil television channel aired a Chinese film, “Beginning of the Great Revival”, to open a season of Chinese programming in Brazil, China Global Television Network (CGTN) reports. The Chinese state-run network says the owner of the channel, Box Brazil Group, and state-run China Media Group have got together to air the first … Continue reading "Prime Box Brazil opens season of Chinese TV programming"
9 July 2021
The 12th International Infrastructure Investment and Construction Forum (hereinafter referred to as the “12th IIICF”), jointly organised by the China International Contractors Association (CHINCA) and the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM), will be held in Macao from 22 to 23 July mainly in offline mode supplemented by online activities. Leading political, business, and academic figures … Continue reading "Join Hands for New Development of International Infrastructure Co-operation The 12th IIICF to Be Held in July"
9 July 2021
The latest situation of COVID-19 epidemic in adjoining regions has affected the exhibitors’ and trade visitors’ arrangement of travelling from Mainland China to Macao for joining the 2021 Guangdong & Macao Branded Products Fair (GMBPF), which is hosted by the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) and the Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province. … Continue reading "2021 Guangdong & Macao Branded Products Fair (GMBPF) is postponed to 3 to 5 September"
9 July 2021
The China-Portuguese-speaking Countries Co-operation and Development Fund in Macao has put on a training course for 75 people working in the financial industry in the city, the Monetary Authority of Macao says. Part of the course was taught online and part required physical attendance, according to a written statement issued by the authority on Tuesday. … Continue reading "Macao financial industry workers attend training course"
9 July 2021
A Macao law firm, MdME Lawyers, says Sino-Portuguese business relations and their investment aspect will be discussed at a seminar the firm is jointly arranging with the Portugal-China Chamber of Commerce and Industry. MdME Lawyers says in a LinkedIn post that the seminar will be held next Wednesday at the Portuguese consulate-general in Macao. The … Continue reading "Seminar to mull COVID-19 effects on Sino-Portuguese business"
8 July 2021
Mozambique is hoping for greater Sino-Mozambican cooperation in countering COVID-19, to quicken its recovery from the economic and social disruption caused by the pandemic, the Chinese Embassy in Maputo says. Mozambican Health Minister Armindo Tiago and Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Ernesto Tonela both called for more cooperation when they met Chinese Ambassador to Mozambique … Continue reading "Greater Sino-Mozambican cooperation against COVID-19 sought"
8 July 2021
Well Link Bank Chief Executive Chong Sio Fai says the Macao bank is aiming to forge business links between the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the Portuguese-speaking world, Macau Business reports. The July issue of the magazine quotes Mr Chong as saying in an interview that Well Link Group Holdings Ltd is actively looking … Continue reading "Well Link Bank reveals business ambitions in lusophone world"
7 July 2021
Fifteen Chinese makers of Chinese traditional medicines and eight Brazilian distributors struck deals at a business-matching session arranged by the Traditional Chinese Medicine Science and Technology Industrial Park of Co-operation between Guangdong and Macao, the park managers say. Some of those taking part attended online and some were physically present at the park, which is … Continue reading "Deals done to bring Chinese traditional medicines to Brazil"
7 July 2021
On July 6, a delegation led by the Commissioner of the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China in the Macao SAR, Mr Liu Xianfa, paid a courtesy visit to the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao). The visiting delegation … Continue reading "Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China in the Macao SAR, Liu Xianfa, visited the Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao"
7 July 2021
The head of the Portuguese Institute of the Orient in Macao, Joaquim Ramos, expects exponential growth in demand for certification of proficiency in Portuguese as a foreign language, Plataforma Macau reports. The publication quotes Mr Ramos as saying in an interview that the institute tests about 400 candidates for certification each year, a growing proportion … Continue reading "More demand for language proficiency certification forecast"
6 July 2021
The authorities in Brazil granted more working visas to qualified Chinese than to applicants of any other nationality last year, the Brazilian International Migration Observatory says. The observatory, a government body, says in a document published last month that the authorities granted the next-highest numbers of working visas to Americans, then Japanese, and then French … Continue reading "Chinese the most numerous recipients of Brazilian work visas"
6 July 2021
China is among the countries that the Angolan investment and export promotion agency, Aipex, is putting most effort into tapping for private investment in Angola, Angop reports. The Angolan state-run news agency says China is one of 27 countries that Aipex has chosen to concentrate on because of their record of investment in the sort … Continue reading "Agency means to tap China for investment in Angola"
