4 November 2021
The Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute, or IPIM, says products of Portuguese-speaking parts of the world will be on show at the next Macao-Guangzhou Products Fair. IPIM announced in writing that the institute and the Guangzhou Municipal Commission of Commerce will jointly hold the fair at the Poly World Trade Centre in the southern … Continue reading "Guangzhou fair to show products of Portuguese-speaking world"
4 November 2021
An exhibition in Macao this month and next will show 36 works by 17 artists living in lusophone countries, the Macao SAR Cultural Affairs Bureau says. Paintings, installations, photographs, videos and sculptures by artists in Angola, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Timor-Leste will be on show, according to a … Continue reading "Macao exhibition to display works by 17 lusophone artists"
3 November 2021
The third in a series of festivals celebrating the arts and cultures to be found where China and the Portuguese-speaking world intersect will be held in Macao this month and next, the Macao SAR Cultural Affairs Bureau says. The bureau and the Macao Government Tourism Office are jointly putting on the festival, according to a … Continue reading "Macao to show off arts, cultures of China, lusophone world"
28 October 2021
Guangxi Guobao Golden Camellia Tea Industry Co. Ltd of China has listed its shares at the Mozambique International Stock Exchange, Xinhua reports. An executive of the company, Chen Qiliang, believes the listing will help transform the enterprise for the better, according to a report carried by the Chinese government-run news agency last Sunday. The report … Continue reading "Chinese producer of herbal tea lists stock in Mozambique"
27 October 2021
Trade in merchandise between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries reached US$109.475 billion in the period from January to July 2021. It represented a 40.96 percent increase year-on-year, according to data from China Customs. Portuguese-speaking Countries sold goods worth US$76.065 billion to China in the first seven months of 2021 – up by 35.27 percent year-on-year. The value of China’s merchandise exports … Continue reading "Trade between China, Portuguese-speaking Countries nearly US$109.475bln in January-July 2021"
27 October 2021
928 competition is co-organized by Fórum of Macau, City University of Macau, Shenzhen University and the United Nations University Institute in Macau. This is a university competition, that aims to build bridges between China and Portuguese-speaking countries through sustainability-oriented businesses. 9️ Cities from Great Bay Area in China (GBA) 2️ Special Administrative Regions (SAR) 8️ Portuguese Speaking Countries … Continue reading "928 Challenge – University Competition"
8 October 2021
A subsidiary of West China Cement has struck a deal with the Ministry of Industry and Trade in Mozambique to invest US$800 million in four new industrial facilities there, Carta de Moçambique reports. The Mozambican newspaper quotes Mozambican Minister of Industry and Trade Carlos Mesquita as saying West China Cement has scouted the provinces of … Continue reading "West China Cement to put US$800 mln into Mozambican projects"
8 October 2021
A delegation led by Deputy Secretary-General of the Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao Mr Ding Tian travelled to the city of Chengdu in Sichuan province from September 22 to 25. The Permanent Secretariat held the “Enjoy Macau, enjoy opportunities from the Portuguese-speaking Countries” presentation session. The Permanent Secretariat also, together with the Macao Trade and … Continue reading "Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao took part in Macao Week in Sichuan Chengdu, jointly held a session to boost exchanges between Portuguese-speaking Countries and mainland Chinese provinces and cities"
29 September 2021
President Filipe Nyusi of Mozambique has formally opened the digital television studios built for state-run broadcaster Televisão de Moçambique in the northern Mozambican city of Pemba, his government says. An official written statement quotes Mr Nyusi as saying at the opening last week that the studios are a manifestation of the changeover to digital television … Continue reading "President opens digital TV studios in northern Mozambique"
28 September 2021
The Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of southern China wishes to work with Macao to look into prospects for economic engagement with the Portuguese-speaking world, the Macao SAR Government says. Guangxi Chairman Lan Tianli said so when he and Macao SAR Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng met in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu, according to … Continue reading "Guangxi seeks Macao help to engage with lusophone countries"
28 September 2021
The University of Macau held the 30th annual meeting of the Association of Portuguese Language Universities online because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the university says. The University of Macau, six other institutions of higher education in the city, and universities in eight lusophone countries were represented at the meeting, held over two days last week, … Continue reading "Association of Portuguese Language Universities meets"
27 September 2021
The “Macao Week in Sichuan•Chengdu” was grandly unveiled on 24 September to present a mega roadshow at Jiaozi Plaza, Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone in Chengdu until 27 September, to promote Macao’s diverse elements of tourism and commerce, showcase the rich diversity of “tourism +” and raise Macao’s profile as a healthy, safe and glamorous destination. … Continue reading "Macao Week in Sichuan•Chengdu” is grandly unveiled with fascinating program to promote Macao’s glamour as a safe and quality destination"
27 September 2021
Products of Portuguese-speaking parts of the world are on display in two of the booths set up for a roadshow now in Chengdu, in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, the Macao Government Tourism Office says. The roadshow, in Jiaozi Plaza in the Chengdu Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone, is a manifestation of Macao Week in … Continue reading "Products of lusophone world on show in Macao Week in Sichuan"
24 September 2021
Among 40 institutions of higher education belonging to a new alliance of academic libraries in Macao and the lusophone world are five universities in Brazil, according to one of them, the Federal University of Minas Gerais. The university issued a written statement identifying the four other Brazilian members as the University of São Paulo, the … Continue reading "Brazilian universities join Macao-led library alliance"
24 September 2021
To foster Chengdu-Macao closer co-operation in trade in products and services, and enhance Macao’s role as a platform between China and Portuguese-speaking countries (PSC), the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) has introduced even more new elements and measures in the “Macao Week in Sichuan•Chengdu”. Nearly one third of roadshow exhibitors are Macao enterprises … Continue reading "IPIM Fosters Chengdu-Macao Closer Co-operation in Trade in Products and Services via the Macao Week"
24 September 2021
The University of Macau (UM) recently held virtually the 30th annual meeting of the Association of Portuguese Speaking Universities (Associação das Universidades de Língua Portuguesa, AULP). Titled ‘Dialogue of Cultures and Promotion of Portuguese Language Teaching in China’, the meeting attracted participants from Macao and eight countries. They included members of the Executive Council of AULP … Continue reading "UM holds annual meeting of AULP virtually"
23 September 2021
The Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute, or IPIM, says its Invest Here website, intended to boost flows of investment between China and the Portuguese-speaking world, is now online, after a four-month trial. The Invest Here website gives information about Macao, the nine mainland Chinese cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and major … Continue reading "Macao website to spur international flows of investment"
21 September 2021
DH Mining Development Co. Lda of China will begin next year mining and processing graphite in Nipepe, in the northern Mozambican province of Niassa, Rádio Moçambique reports. The Mozambican state-run broadcaster quotes a provincial official, Silvino Bonomar, as saying DH Mining is investing US$30 million in the mine. Mr Bonomar said DH Mining was in … Continue reading "Chinese company soon to begin mining graphite in Mozambique"
20 September 2021
In order to stimulate the local investment environment, give full play to the unique advantage of Macao as a platform between China and Portuguese-speaking countries, and attract domestic and overseas enterprises to implement their business projects in Macao, the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) has launched web and mobile versions of “Invest Here” … Continue reading "IPIM Launches the “Invest Here” Website to Provide Investment Information on a Number of Cities"
16 September 2021
The Portuguese Language Communication Association in Macao begins today soliciting entries for a new contest among schoolchildren to write fiction in Portuguese and then illustrate it, inviting pupils at nine schools in the lusophone world to compete. The contest is open to school pupils aged between 10 and 12 in Angola, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau, … Continue reading "Lusophone school pupils invited to enter Macao story contest"
