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Guinea-Bissau

China supports construction of Guinea Bissau’s first agricultural school

25 June 2018
The People's Republic of China will support the Guinea-Bissau authorities to build the country's first agricultural school in the northern town of Caliquiesse this year, President José Mário Vaz announced on Saturday.

12th Conference of Heads of State and Government of the CPLP sets up website

25 June 2018
The government of Cabo Verde presented the website and logo of the Cabo Verde summit and presidency of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP), which will take place in July on the island of Sal, in a meeting with the press on Friday in Praia.

“Triangular” relationship between Macau, China and Portuguese-speaking countries is “positive and virtuous”

21 June 2018
The triangular relationship between Macau, China and Portuguese-speaking countries is "positive and virtuous" for the countries involved, helping to increase exports and attract investment, the chairman of the Portuguese Foreign Trade and Investment Agency (AICEP) said on Wednesday.

Delegation of Forum Macau visits Guinea-Bissau from 22 to 26 June

19 June 2018
The Guinea-Bissau authorities are eagerly awaiting the visit of a delegation from Forum Macau from 22 to 26 June, the head of Guinea-Bissau's Private Investment Promotion Division, Bruno Jauad told Macauhub on Monday.

Guinea-Bissau loses between 60,000 and 80,000 hectares of forest per year

15 June 2018
Between 60,000 and 80,000 hectares of Guinea-Bissau forest is lost every year due to deforestation, illegal logging and uncontrolled forest fires, the Guinean Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nicolau dos Santos said on Thursday in Bissau.

Legis-PALOP legal database now includes Timor-Leste

8 June 2018
The Legis-PALOP legal database, an electronic platform that brings together legislation, jurisprudence and tenets from Angola, Cabo Verde (Cape Verde), Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique and São Tomé and Príncipe, will now include the legal system of Timor-Leste (East Timor), to be called Legis-PALOP+TL, according to an official statement.

Service sector opportunities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Great Bay area

4 June 2018
The exploration of business opportunities for the services sector in the future Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Great Bay Area was one of the issues addressed on Friday at a seminar on trade in services between China and Portuguese-speaking countries.

IMF approves Guinea-Bissau assessment and extends aid for another year

4 June 2018
Guinea-Bissau's economic activity remained robust and gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to have grown by 5.9% in 2017, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said, adding that it had approved the intervention period under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) for another year, until July 2019.

Conventions and exhibitions in Macau and food products from Portuguese-speaking countries showcased at fair in China

28 May 2018
Macau's advantages as a venue for conventions and exhibitions was the theme of a seminar organised by the Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) in Chongqing in cooperation with government agencies in Macau, according to an official statement.

Macau wants to be a platform for relations between the media in China and the Portuguese-speaking countries

23 May 2018
Macau may become a platform for developing relations between Chinese and Portuguese-speaking media, said Victor Chan Chi Ping, director of the Government Information Bureau (GCS), during the "Macau Global Media Industry Development" conference.

Forum Macau promotes cooperation between companies in Yangzhou and Portuguese-speaking countries

16 May 2018
The Permanent Office intends to promote productive cooperation between enterprises in Yangzhou and Portuguese-speaking countries, taking advantage of the multilateral mechanism of Forum Macau and the role of Macau as a platform, said the secretary general of the organisation in Jiangsu.

Guinea-Bissau resumes negotiations for fisheries agreement with the European Union

11 May 2018
Guinea-Bissau will resume negotiations on the fisheries agreement with the European Union (EU), Guinean Prime Minister Aristides Gomes said on Wednesday as he was attended a European Day party at the EU premises in Bissau.

New Hengqin Area wants to broker Chinese cooperation with Portuguese-speaking countries

10 May 2018
The New Area of Hengqin (NAH) aims to become a pilot region for economic cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking countries, Yang Chuan, director of the NAH's administrative committee, told the China Daily newspaper.

Portuguese-speaking entrepreneurs meet in Mozambique

8 May 2018
The first Economic Conference of the Market of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) begins on Wednesday in Maputo, Mozambique, with the participation of about 350 people, including entrepreneurs, representatives of business associations, public foreign trade bodies, heads of state and members of the government of the CPLP countries, according to the organising body.

New deputy secretary-general nominated by Macau takes office at Forum Macau

2 May 2018
The director of the Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM), Gloria Batalha Ung, took on the role of Deputy Secretary-General of the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and the Portuguese-Speaking Countries (Macau) on 1 May, taking on both roles, according to official communication.

Food products from Portuguese-speaking countries attract 200 buyers from China

30 April 2018
Two hundred buyers took part in two activities to promote food products from Portuguese-speaking countries in the Chinese municipalities of Huizhou and Dongguan, both in Guangdong Province, the Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) reported.

Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation finances creative economy projects in Portuguese speaking countries

27 April 2018
Non-governmental organisations or non-profit private associations from Angola, Cabo Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe, Timor-Leste and Portugal may apply for the financing of creative economy projects focused on valuing local products associated with the cultural heritage of their respective countries, Portugal's Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation announced.

Brazil has a new delegate to Forum Macau

26 April 2018
Brazil has appointed Rafael Rodrigues Paulino as the new delegate to the Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries, an organisation based in the Macau Special Administrative Region, Macauhub has learned from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil.

Angola’s economic growth revised upwards by IMF

18 April 2018
Angola's economy is expected to grow by 2.2% this year and 2.4% in 2019, up by 0.6 percentage points and one percentage point than forecasts in the World Economic Outlook for October 2017, the International Monetary Fund announced on Tuesday in Washington.

Trade between China and Portuguese-speaking countries totals US$20.4 billion in January/February

16 April 2018
Trade between China and the Portuguese-speaking countries in January/February totalled US$20.4 billion, or an increase of 37.43% over the same period of 2017, according to official Chinese figures released by Forum Macau.
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