Guinea-Bissau

Construction of the Trade Cooperation Services Complex between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries awarded to Omas

25 September 2017

Construction and engineering company Omas, Limitada will build the Commercial Cooperation Services Complex between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries, announced the Macau Land, Public Works and Transport Bureau.

Exhibition of Products and Services from Portuguese Speaking Countries includes more than 200 companies

25 September 2017

The 2017PLPEX (Exhibition of Products and Services from Portuguese Speaking Countries) will involve more than 200 companies from China, Macau and eight Portuguese-speaking countries, according to the Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM).

Angola is guest country and Guangdong the guest province of the 22nd Macau International Fair

22 September 2017

Angola will be the guest country and Guangdong will be the guest province of China at the 22nd edition of the Macau International Fair (MIF), which will take place from 19 to 21 October, said the Macau Institute for Trade and Investment Promotion (IPIM).

Bauxite exploration in Guinea-Bissau depends on political stability

22 September 2017

Angola is waiting for political stability in Guinea-Bissau in order to resume cooperation projects, particularly for exploration of bauxite deposits, said the Angolan ambassador to Guinea Bissau, Daniel António Rosa.

Forum considers Macau’s role in cooperation with China irreplaceable

21 September 2017

The Deputy Secretary-General of the Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macau Ding Tian said on Wednesday that the territory has an irreplaceable role in cooperation between China and the Portuguese-speaking countries, particularly in the areas of trade, investment and cultural exchange.

Maritime Silk Road Association (Macau) and International Institute of Macau promote Chinese initiative

11 September 2017

The Maritime Silk Road Association (Macau) and the International Institute of Macau (IIM) have signed a cooperation protocol for actions related to the Chinese initiative to promote the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road.

Trade between China and Portuguese-speaking countries reaches US$67.615 billion from January to July

7 September 2017

The value of trade between China and Portuguese-speaking countries rose 31.29% year-on-year to US$67.615 billion in the January-July period, according to official Chinese data released by Forum Macau.

Trade between China and Portuguese-speaking countries grows 37% in the first half

6 September 2017

Trade between China and the Portuguese-speaking countries totalled US$57.358 million in the first half of the year, up 37.58% compared to the same period of last year, according to official Chinese figures released by Forum Macau.

Economist Rodrigo Brum takes office at Forum Macau

4 September 2017

Economist Rodrigo Brum took on the role of Deputy Secretary-General of the Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macau, appointed by the Portuguese-speaking countries, on 1 September.

Guinea-Bissau approves increasing stake of Australia’s FAR Ltd in two oil blocs

30 August 2017

The Guinea-Bissau government has approved upping the shareholding of Australia’s FAR Limited in licences to exploit the Sinapa and Esperança oil blocs, prolonging those licences until 25 November 2020, the company reported in a statement to the market.

Construction of the Commercial Cooperation Services Complex between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries begins this year

23 August 2017

Nine proposals were approved in the public tender for the contract to design and build the Service Complex for Commercial Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries, according to the Land, Public Works and Transport Bureau.

French company to build thermal power plant in Guinea-Bissau

8 August 2017

The French company JA Delmas will build a 15-megawatt thermal power station in Bor on the outskirts of Bissau under a contract signed recently with Guinea Bissau’s Ministry of Energy and Industry, reports ANG news agency.

Forum Macau has new delegates from Cabo Verde and São Tomé and Príncipe

1 August 2017

The new delegates from Cabo Verde (Cape Verde) and São Tomé and Príncipe and to the Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macau are taking office on 1 August, the Support Office to the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese Language Countries said on Tuesday.

China donates US$26 million to finance construction of fishing port in Guinea-Bissau

26 July 2017

China will donate US$26 million to finance the construction of the fishing port of Alto Bandim in Bissau under an agreement signed on Tuesday by Ambassador Jin Hongjun and Guinea-Bissau's Minister of Fisheries Orlando Mendes Viegas.

Trade between China and Portuguese-speaking countries grows 41% from January to May

13 July 2017

Trade between China and the Portuguese-speaking countries rose 41.51% year-on-year in the January-May period to US$46.3 billion, according to official figures from China issued by Forum Macau.

Diplomat Vicente Manuel resigns from Forum Macau

11 July 2017

(CN) 中国-葡语国家经贸合作论坛（澳门）（“中葡论坛”）常设秘书处原副秘书长韦尚德已于7月10日离任，预料接替其职的葡籍经济学家Rodrigo Manuel Ferreira Brum即将履新。

Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries should focus on the economy

3 July 2017

Entrepreneurs from Portuguese-speaking countries want to turn the Portuguese-speaking Community (CPLP) from an essentially political institution to one that focuses on economic issues, Salimo Abdula, the Mozambican president of the CPLP Business Confederation said in Maputo.

Trade between China and Portuguese-speaking countries grows 40.41% from January to April

30 June 2017

Trade between China and Portuguese-speaking countries recorded year-on-year growth of 40.41% from January to April, totalling US$34.172 million, according to official Chinese figures released by Forum Macau.

Cabo Verde to have new delegate at Forum Macau

29 June 2017

The current Cape Verdean delegate to Forum Macau, Mário Vicente, will be replaced in July by Nuno Furtado, according to newspaper Ponto Final, which said the replacement was confirmed by a source from the institution.

Guinea-Bissau discusses new fisheries agreement with the European Union

26 June 2017

Representatives of Guinea-Bissau and the European Union (EU) are meeting in Brussels on Monday for a new round of negotiations on the next fishing agreement the EU will have with the country, according to the local press.

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