26 November 2021
The Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao held with the collaboration of the Guangdong-Macau Traditional Chinese Medicine Technology Industrial Park the first session of an online training course on the use of traditional medicine to tackle COVID-19. The training course was supported by the Macao SAR Government Health Bureau, and the State Administration of Traditional Chinese … Continue reading "First session held successfully of online training course about the use of Traditional Medicine to tackle COVID-19"
26 November 2021
Macao SAR Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng has said his government is ready to help Macao and lusophone countries cooperate more closely in higher education and in turning out graduates with vocational qualifications. An official statement quotes Mr Ho as telling the 11th conference of the Forum of Higher Education Management in Portuguese-speaking Countries and … Continue reading "Ho urges international cooperation in higher education"
25 November 2021
The Portuguese trade and investment promotion agency, AICEP, has started a campaign which employs influencers in Chinese social media to advertise Portuguese food and drink, Lusa reports. AICEP announced in writing that 29 influencers using the Weibo, Wechat, Yizhibo and RED (小红书) social media are taking part in its Tales from Portugal campaign, according to … Continue reading "Chinese online influencers to plug Portuguese food, drink"
25 November 2021
The 2021 Portuguese Speaking Countries Products and Services Exhibition (Macao) (2021PLPEX), in collaboration with the “Global Ingredients, Taste of Shanghai” catering event, has earlier released the first “Global Wine．Shanghai Wine List – Recommended Wine List of Portuguese-speaking Countries in 2021”. By doing so, 2021PLPEX aims to foster economic, trade and cultural exchanges and co-operation between … Continue reading "2021PLPEX organises Portuguese-speaking countries’ wine tasting and promotional activities to assist Macao’s enterprises in “going global”"
24 November 2021
An association of Chinese and Portuguese businesses, PorCham, has formed a branch in Shanghai, Plataforma Macau reports, citing PorCham President Dário Silva. Mr Silva said a member was letting PorCham use free of charge 700 square metres of office space in Shanghai, where the association could hold events and exhibit Portuguese products and culture, according … Continue reading "Sino-Portuguese business association forms Shanghai branch"
24 November 2021
A facility set up by the Portuguese Institute of the Orient, Macau, or IPOR Macau, has begun teaching the Portuguese language in Chengdu, capital of the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, Ponto Final reports. The Macao newspaper quotes IPOR Macau Director Joaquim Ramos Coelho as saying in an interview that the Chengdu facility is already … Continue reading "IPOR Macau begins teaching Portuguese language in Chengdu"
23 November 2021
The Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency, or Apex-Brasil, and the association of Brazilian producers of meat, ABPA, got together to promote sales of Brazilian chicken and pork at the 4th China International Import Expo, held in Shanghai this month, Apex-Brasil says. Part of the exhibition area was reserved for Brazilian exporters of chicken and … Continue reading "Brazilian chicken, pork promoted at exposition in Shanghai"
22 November 2021
China Railway Rolling Stock Corp. (CRRC) Tangshan Co. Ltd has begun making train sets for the Metro do Porto metropolitan railway in the northern Portuguese city of Oporto, the China News Service (CNS) reports. The Chinese state-run news agency says Chinese state-owned CRRC Tangshan ceremonially started the production line on Wednesday. The report quotes CRRC … Continue reading "CRRC Tangshan begins building rolling stock for Oporto metro"
22 November 2021
The Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute, or IPIM, will start tomorrow a campaign to promote food, drink and other goods produced in Macao and parts of the Portuguese-speaking world, the institute says. The campaign comprises 16 gatherings, one each weekend until January 23, in the Portuguese-speaking Countries Food Products Exhibition Centre in Macao, IPIM … Continue reading "IPIM campaign to promote products of Macao, lusophone world"
19 November 2021
Aiways Automobiles Co. Ltd of China and European distributor Astara have agreed to launch Aiways motor vehicles in the Portuguese and Spanish markets, the DoNews website reports. The Chinese website says the agreement, reached on Tuesday, means the Aiways U5 electric sport utility vehicle will appear in showrooms and go on sale online on the … Continue reading "Aiways vehicles to make debut in Portuguese showrooms"
18 November 2021
An arm of electricity company Energias de Portugal (EDP), EDP Renováveis, will sell 12 wind farms in Spain to the biggest shareholder in EDP, China Three Gorges Corp. (CTG), for 307 million euros (about US$349.3 million), EDP Renováveis says. The wind farms have a combined capacity of 181 megawatts, each is 12 years old, on … Continue reading "China Three Gorges buying 12 EDP Renováveis wind farms"
18 November 2021
The International Lusophone Markets Business Association, or ACIML, has agreed to help a Macao subsidiary of Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Holdings Ltd (GPHL) of mainland China to venture into markets in the Portuguese-speaking world, the Macau News Agency (MNA) reports. MNA says Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Group (Macau) International Development Co. Ltd (GPG Macau) Deputy Chairman Li Hong and … Continue reading "Association to assist GPHL effort to tap lusophone markets"
17 November 2021
Two seminars about the advantages of doing business in Macao and the business environment in the Guangdong-Macao In-depth Cooperation Zone on the adjacent mainland Chinese island of Hengqin were well attended, the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute, or IPIM, says. Nearly 60 representatives of associations in Macao of businesspeople from Portuguese-speaking parts of the … Continue reading "Lusophones learn about doing business in Macao, on Hengqin"
12 November 2021
A Portuguese minister has expressed the eagerness of his government for more travel between China and Portugal and greater flows of investment when the COVID-19 pandemic abates, the Chinese Embassy in Lisbon says. The embassy issued a written statement saying Minister of Internal Administration Eduardo Cabrita did so in a meeting this week with Chinese … Continue reading "More travel, investment between Portugal, China envisaged"
12 November 2021
The “2021 Guangdong & Macao Branded Products Fair” (2021GMBPF), jointly organised by the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) and the Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province, will be held at The Venetian Macao from 26 to 28 November. This year’s GMBPF will enhance its business matching activities, which will be held both online … Continue reading "GMBPF Gathers High-Quality Products from Guangdong and Macao to Help Enterprises Promote Their Brands"
9 November 2021
Representatives of 13 Portuguese vintners will attend this week the ProWine China 2021 trade fair under the auspices of the Portuguese wine industry association, ViniPortugal, the China Quality Daily reports. The Chinese state-run newspaper says the fair opens in Shanghai tomorrow and will end on Thursday. The report quotes ViniPortugal President Frederico Falcão as saying … Continue reading "Portuguese vintners to attend ProWine China fair yet again"
9 November 2021
The Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute, or IPIM, says its two pavilions at the 4th China International Import Expo show the function of Macao as a place where China and the lusophone world can do business. The expo opened in Shanghai last Friday and will last until Wednesday. IPIM announced in writing last Thursday … Continue reading "IPIM pavilions in Shanghai show international role of Macao"
9 November 2021
On the programme of entertainment meant for the local communities in four parts of Macao at the weekend were Brazilian, Mozambican, Portuguese and São Toméan traditional songs and dances, performed by Macao singers and dancers, the Macao SAR Cultural Affairs Bureau says. The bureau announced in writing last Thursday that the eight performances on the … Continue reading "Songs, dances of lusophone world intended for Macao people"
8 November 2021
The Portuguese Football Federation has awarded Wanda Sports, an arm of Chinese conglomerate Wanda Group, rights to develop sponsorship business for the Portuguese national team that will compete in the men’s football World Cup next year, Wanda Group says. Wanda Sports has the rights to develop such business in mainland China, Taiwan, Macao and Hong … Continue reading "Wanda Sports bags deal with Portuguese Football Federation"
8 November 2021
The Qualified Domestic Limited Partners Overseas Investment pilot scheme in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong may lead to greater Chinese investment in lusophone countries, coursed through Macao, the Macao Daily News reports, citing Chi Tenghui, an official of the Guangdong-Macao Intensive Cooperation Zone. The zone is on Hengqin, an island in Guangdong which is … Continue reading "Scheme tipped to spur Chinese investment in lusophone world"
