20 July 2021
“Art Macao: Macao International Art Biennale 2021” was officially inaugurated recently, followed by the successive launch of the Main Exhibition, Special Exhibition of Resorts and Hotels, Creative City Pavilion, Public Art Exhibition, Selected Works by Local Artists and Collateral Exhibition, trigging an upsurge of contemporary art, and creating an immersive cultural atmosphere to the entire … Continue reading "Creative City Pavilion of Art Macao opens on Thursday Converging contemporary artworks in four exhibition venues"
19 July 2021
The Chief Executive, Mr Ho Iat Seng, said today the Government would step up collaboration with China Media Group in order to promote further Macao’s image and unique culture to the world, and to showcase the city’s successful implementation of the “One country, two systems” principle with Macao characteristics. Mr Ho made the remarks during … Continue reading "Macao CE: Close collaboration with China Media Group to help promote ‘One country, two systems’"
19 July 2021
A ceremony for deepening the strategic partnership between China Media Group (CMG) and the government of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) was held on 18 July. The event was co-organised by CMG and the Macao SAR government, and was hosted by TDM, CMG’s Asia-Pacific headquarters, and the University of Macau (UM). One of the … Continue reading "UM and CMG Asia-Pacific headquarters to launch collaboration in multiple areas"
19 July 2021
The annual International Infrastructure Investment and Construction Forum (IIICF) has a record of helping Chinese enterprises strike deals to do business in Portuguese-speaking parts of the world, the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute, or IPIM, says. China Road & Bridge Corp. struck a deal at the 2017 IIICF to do business in Mozambique, and … Continue reading "IIICF helps Chinese enterprises penetrate Lusophone markets"
16 July 2021
“Art Macao: Macao International Art Biennale 2021” was inaugurated today (15 July) at the Macao Museum of Art. On the occasion, the Main Exhibition themed “Advance and Retreat of Globalization” was also inaugurated. A four-month mega international cultural and artistic event, “Art Macao” presents 30 art exhibitions in 25 locations, and gathers artistic and cultural … Continue reading "“Art Macao: Macao International Art Biennale 2021” opens navigating a great garden of artistic creativity"
16 July 2021
A party of 10 staff and students of the University of Macau Department of Portuguese have given over 100 school pupils in southwestern China three weeks of instruction in the language, the university says. The Macao Education and Youth Development Bureau commissioned the party to teach three-week courses at a primary school, a secondary school … Continue reading "University of Macau teaches Portuguese in southwestern China"
16 July 2021
The Macao Polytechnic Institute (MPI) Centre for Portuguese Studies has made accessible online textbooks for teaching the Portuguese language, along with other academic resources, the MPI says. The institute announced in writing yesterday that of the 30 or more items available, most can be downloaded free of charge. Among the resources are Orientes do Português, … Continue reading "Books for teaching Portuguese put up online by Macao poly"
15 July 2021
The 12th International Infrastructure Investment and Construction Forum (hereinafter referred to as the “12th IIICF”) will be held in Macao from 22 to 23 July. After eleven years of development, IIICF has become the most influential annual event in the field of international infrastructure co-operation. Some mainland enterprises officially signed projects with Portuguese-speaking countries through IIICF, believing … Continue reading "IIICF Helps Mainland Enterprises Expand Business by Leveraging Macao’s Strengths as the Platform between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries"
14 July 2021
Macao, Portuguese and lusophone African architects have volunteered their services to help improve shanty towns in Brasília, Lusa reports, citing International Council of Portuguese Language Architects President Rui Leão. The Portuguese news agency quotes Mr Leão, a Macao architect, as saying the volunteers will work with the inhabitants of 10 big shantytowns there. He said … Continue reading "Lusophone architects to help improve Brazilian shanty towns"
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
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the Tourist Price Index (TPI) for the second quarter of 2021 dropped by 3.91% year-on-year to 116.93. The decrease was mainly attributable to lower hotel room rates and falling airfares; yet, it was partially offset by rising charges for restaurant services and dearer prices of … Continue reading "Macao tourist price index (TPI) for the 2nd quarter of 2021"
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
The Brazil-China Sociocultural Institute, or Ibrachina, and the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute, or IPIM, will work together to attract Chinese investment to Brazil after the COVID-19 pandemic is over, Ibrachina says. Representatives of the institutions held a videoconference last week with a view to increasing international cooperation, according to a written statement issued … Continue reading "Brazil wants Macao help to attract investment from China"
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"
13 July 2021
The University of Macau Centre for Chinese History and Culture and the University of Macau Chinese-Portuguese Bilingual Teaching and Training Centre have jointly edited and published this year a series of comic books, each in Chinese, English and Portuguese, retelling Chinese traditional myths, legends and stories from history, the university says. The titles in the … Continue reading "University of Macau publishes comic books in three languages"
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"
12 July 2021
AS King Medical Products Ltd of Macao has been supplying masks to Portuguese-speaking parts of the world to protect their people against the COVID-19 pandemic, the Macao Daily News reports. AS King spent over US$1 million on building and equipping a factory in Macao to supply surgical masks to the city, to lusophone countries and … Continue reading "Macao-made masks help curb COVID-19 in lusophone countries"
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"
