25 June 2021
The 32nd Enterprise Internationalization Forum will discuss today opportunities for partnerships linking businesses or institutions in Brazil, Portugal and China, the organisers of the videoconference say. Portugal-China Young Entrepreneurs Association President Alberto Carvalho Neto will tell the conference about how Brazil can exploit the growing ties between China and the Portuguese-speaking world to gain access … Continue reading "Partnerships linking Brazil, Portugal, China on the agenda"
25 June 2021
The organisers of the Contest for Promotional Videos on Portuguese-speaking Countries have extended the deadline for submission of entries. The contest is jointly organised by the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-Operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao) and the Centre for Portuguese Studies of Macao Polytechnic Institute. Taking into account … Continue reading "Submission period extended for entries in Contest for Promotional Videos on Portuguese-speaking Countries"
23 June 2021
Macao businessman Wu Zhiwei intends to make a big investment in tourism in the Alenquer region of Portugal, near Lisbon, NOVO reports. The Portuguese publication quotes Mr Wu as saying he has begun expanding the cellar used by Quinta da Marmeleira, a maker of Portuguese wine he owns in Alenquer. Speaking as vice-president of the … Continue reading "Macao businessman to put money into tourism in Portugal"
23 June 2021
On June 18, the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao) convened a meeting in Beijing. The meeting was headed by Mr Ding Tian, Deputy Secretary-General of Forum Macao. It was attended by Mr Li Xiaohui, Deputy Director of the Department of Taiwan, Hong Kong and … Continue reading "Forum Macao hosts meeting in Beijing"
21 June 2021
China Council for the Promotion of International Trade President Gao Yan has called for Macao to intensify its effort to serve as a place where China and the Portuguese-speaking world do business, the Macao SAR Government says. The government issued a written statement quoting Ms Gao as telling the 2021 Mainland-Macao Business Associations Joint Conference, … Continue reading "Macao urged to work harder to spur international trade"
21 June 2021
Macao Week in Shanghai drew the attendance of representatives of nearly 40 enterprises dealing in products that are made in Macao, that bear Macao brands or that are made in Portuguese-speaking parts of the world, the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute, or IPIM, says. Among those attending was Sardinia Macau Ltd General Manager Sou … Continue reading "Products of lusophone countries find buyers in Shanghai"
18 June 2021
The promotional event “Macao Week in Shanghai” was held successfully, in tandem with the offline and online promotions to raise Macao’s profile as a healthy, safe and quality destination. The “Macao Week in Shanghai” roadshow attracted around 300,000 spectators on site while related live streams conducted by KOLs engaged over 44.36 million counts of live … Continue reading "“Macao Week in Shanghai” held successfully Attracting visitors with “tourism +” glamour"
17 June 2021
The Wine Society of Macau and event organiser DOC DMC Macau will put on this month a two-day event called Taste Portugal, with a view to promoting sales in Macao of Portuguese food and wine, Lusa reports. The Portuguese news agency says the event, at the D’Ouro Portuguese restaurant in Macao, will match Portuguese wines … Continue reading "Sales of Portuguese food and wine to be promoted in Macao"
17 June 2021
The City University of Macau Institute for Research on Portuguese-speaking Countries is getting ready to publish an academic study on Guinea-Bissau written in Chinese, Lusa reports. The Portuguese news agency says the study is one of a series giving an academic basis for cooperation by China and the lusophone world. The institute published last week … Continue reading "City University of Macau to publish study on Guinea-Bissau"
16 June 2021
Three aspects of the intangible cultural heritage of Macao, including Macanese cuisine and theatre in Patuá, have been added to the Chinese official list of national intangible cultural heritage, the Macao Cultural Affairs Bureau says. The bureau announced in writing that the State Council, or cabinet, proclaimed the additions, all proposed by Macao, last week. … Continue reading "Aspects of Macanese culture achieve national recognition"
11 June 2021
The average price per transaction paid by Chinese buyers of real estate in Portugal last year was over 373,000 euros (about US$454,000), the most paid by buyers of any foreign nationality, the Notícias ao Minuto website reports, citing the findings of a study by the Portuguese Resorts Association. Among the various sets of foreign buyers … Continue reading "Chinese buyers splash out on real estate in Portugal in 2019"
11 June 2021
The branch of the Confucius Institute at the University of Lisbon has held the Portuguese heat of the 20th Chinese Bridge, an annual contest among students of Chinese language and culture around the world, the Chinese Embassy in Lisbon says. The embassy, one of the organisers, says in a written statement issued on Tuesday that … Continue reading "Portuguese heat of Chinese language contest held in Lisbon"
10 June 2021
Representatives of the Portugal-China SMEs Chamber of Commerce and the Angola-China Chamber of Commerce will sign tomorrow a cooperation agreement, the Sino-Portuguese chamber says. The chamber announced in writing that the signing will be a feature of the celebration of the first anniversary of its founding, to be held in Condeixa-a-Nova in central Portugal, and … Continue reading "Sino-Portuguese, Sino-Angolan chambers agree to cooperate"
9 June 2021
The Portuguese National Association of Pêra Rocha Producers intends to start next year a sales promotion drive meant to tap primarily the Chinese market for the variety of pear its members grow, Xinhua reports. The Chinese state-run news agency quotes the head of the association, Domingos dos Santos, as saying the drive will cost 430,000 … Continue reading "Portuguese growers of pears aim to kickstart sales in China"
8 June 2021
A feature of Macao Week in Shanghai, which ends today, was a day-long business-matching event there at which deals were struck by Macao sellers of products of the Portuguese-speaking world, the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute, or IPIM, says. Over 110 representatives of companies in Macao and Shanghai gathered last Thursday to attend 96 … Continue reading "Goods from Portuguese-speaking world find buyers in Shanghai"
8 June 2021
Representatives of 20 companies in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area attended a seminar about wines made in Portuguese-speaking parts of the world, the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute, or IPIM, says. The seminar, at the IPIM office in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, heard about wines sold by five distributors in Macao, … Continue reading "Guangzhou event hears about wines from lusophone countries"
8 June 2021
Sino-EU relations, governance of the European Union and global governance were among the topics discussed at a conference held by the University of Macau and attended by 17 academics belonging to institutions in Macao, mainland China, Britain and Portugal, the university says. Institute of European Studies of Macau President José Luís Sales Marques told the … Continue reading "University of Macau conference discusses Sino-EU relations"
7 June 2021
The Tâmega and Sousa Business Council in northern Portugal and the Portugal-China Small and Medium Enterprises Chamber of Commerce have agreed to cooperate, the council says. The council announced in writing that the parties to the agreement, signed on Tuesday, will together find opportunities for enterprises in the Tâmega and Sousa area to do business … Continue reading "Agreement meant to help part of Portugal tap Chinese markets"
7 June 2021
Soochow University in eastern China, the City University of Macau and the University of Évora in Portugal have jointly held online a conference on the conservation of Sino-Portuguese cultural heritage, the Macao Daily News reports. The newspaper says the China-Portugal Joint Laboratory of Cultural Heritage Conservation Science put on the conference on Wednesday under the … Continue reading "Conference discusses Sino-Portuguese cultural heritage"
4 June 2021
The “Macao Week in Shanghai” was grandly unveiled on 3 June. Chief Executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region, Ho Iat Seng, officiated the opening ceremony. The Macao Week in Shanghai presents a mega roadshow along Yuanmingyuan Road Pedestrian Street at Waitanyuan, Huangpu District in Shanghai from 3 – 7 June, to promote Macao as … Continue reading "“Macao Week in Shanghai” is grandly unveiled to promote Macao as a safe and quality destination among Mainland residents"
