4 November 2020
A Guinéan official with responsibility for cultural affairs, Francelino da Cunha, will visit Macao to seek help in drafting a plan for developing cultural industries in his country, Agência de Notícias da Guiné (ANG) reports. The Guinéan state-run news agency quotes Mr da Cunha as saying his visit to Macao is part of a tour … Continue reading "Guiné-Bissau seeks Macao help with cultural industries plan"
3 November 2020
A pavilion at the 8th Macao International Travel (Industry) Expo from November 6 to 8 will display products of the Portuguese-speaking world, the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) says. The MGTO, which is putting on the expo, announced in writing that the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute, or IPIM, is backing the pavilion. The … Continue reading "Macao travel expo to exhibit products of lusophone world"
3 November 2020
30 October 2020
30 October 2020
The government of Macao has announced the extension for two years of Alexis Tam Chon Weng’s term as head of the Macao Economic and Trade Delegation to Portugal. Mr Tam will also stay on as head of the Macao Economic and Trade Delegation to the European Union, and of the Macao Economic and Trade Delegation … Continue reading "Alexis Tam to remain Macao’s man in Lisbon and Brussels"
29 October 2020
The Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute, or IPIM, will hold next month a series of events meant to prompt enterprises in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area to trade with lusophone countries and invest in them, the Nanfang Daily reports. The Chinese newspaper quotes IPIM Executive Director U U Sang as saying the institute … Continue reading "IPIM to spur engagement by lusophone world, southern China"
29 October 2020
Businesspeople signed over 100 deals at the 25th Macao International Trade and Investment Fair, the Macao Franchise Expo 2020 and the 2020 Portuguese Speaking Countries Products and Services Exhibition (Macao), the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute, or IPIM, says. IPIM issued a written statement saying some of deals were for the sale online of … Continue reading "Over 100 deals signed at three big trade events in Macao"
29 October 2020
MOdaNova Global is arranging to show in Hong Kong on November 11 clothes designed by Katty Xiomara, Susana Bettencourt and Alexandra Oliveira of Portugal, Lusa reports. The Portuguese news agency quotes MOdaNova Global founder Manuel Oliveira as saying the purpose is to entice Hong Kong retailers represented at the show to sell Portuguese-designed fashions. The … Continue reading "Portuguese-designed fashions to go on show in Hong Kong"
29 October 2020
Deputy Secretary-General of the Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao Mr Ding Tian met with – during the period 21 to 23 October – delegations from a number of entities. The visitors were comprised of several groups, led respectively by: the Deputy Mayor of the Xuzhou Municipal People’s Government, Mr Xu Donghai; the President of the … Continue reading "Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao meets with delegations from various entities"
29 October 2020
In order to encourage the development of original academic research on Macao’s culture and on the exchanges between Macao, Mainland China and other countries, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) has set up the Academic Research Grant programme in 1988, and has been continuously improving the awarding process of the Grant. Over the past three decades, … Continue reading "Four research projects receive Academic Research Grant from the Macao Cultural Affairs Bureau"
28 October 2020
Macao Health Bureau Director Lei Chin Ion has said the city intends to promote Chinese traditional medicine in the Portuguese-speaking world. Macao means to use the Guangdong-Macao Traditional Chinese Medicine Technology Industrial Park on the island of Hengqin, which abuts the city, to exploit opportunities offered by the Guangdong-Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area, a … Continue reading "Chinese traditional medicine to be touted in lusophone world"
28 October 2020
The Macao maker of the 853 Face Mask brand has sent 100 kg of the product to the northern Portuguese city of Oporto, and means to send similar shipments every month, depending on how the Covid-19 pandemic unfolds, the Plataforma website reports. The Macao website quotes Angel Lai, an 853 Face Mask brand spokesman, as … Continue reading "Macao maker to supply Portugal with 100 kg of face masks"
27 October 2020
A regular meeting of representatives of Macao, lusophone countries and the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu to discuss industrial and commercial matters ends in Macao today, Xinhua reports. The Chinese government-run news agency says the two-day meeting is part of the 2020 Portuguese Speaking Countries Products and Services Exhibition (Macao). The report says representatives attending … Continue reading "Jiangsu, Macao and Portuguese-speaking countries confer"
27 October 2020
The Lusophone Markets Business Association intends to establish a museum of coffee in Macao, to entice mainland Chinese to adopt the coffee-drinking habit of Macao people, the Macau News Agency (MNA) reports. MNA quotes the chairman of the association, Eduardo Ambrósio, as saying coffee produced in Timor-Leste, Brazil and São Tomé e Príncipe is being … Continue reading "Business group making plans for coffee museum in Macao"
27 October 2020
A newly published album of photographs by Portuguese architect João Palla Martins contains about 70 portraits of Macanese and other people of Portuguese descent in Macao, Ponto Final reports. The Macao newspaper says the book title is “Luso-Asian Portraits of Macao”. The report says the photographs have been exhibited at the University of Aveiro in … Continue reading "Book of photos of Macao descendants of Portuguese published"
27 October 2020
The “25th Macao International Trade and Investment Fair” (25th MIF), the “Macao Franchise Expo 2020” (2020MFE) and the “2020 Portuguese Speaking Countries Products and Services Exhibition (Macao)” (2020PLPEX) came to a successful conclusion today (24 October). This year the online exhibition platform was further strengthened and events were held both online and offline, producing synergistic effects. The … Continue reading "Three Exhibitions Concluded Successfully: Online and Offline Platforms Help Traders Break Through Geographical"
27 October 2020
Deputy Secretaries-General of the Permanent Secretariat of Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao), Mr Ding Tian, and Mr Paulo Espírito Santo, and the representatives of Portuguese-speaking Countries at Forum Macao, took part in the 10th Industrial and Commercial Summit between Jiangsu-Macao-Portuguese-speaking Countries, and a thematic briefing on the city … Continue reading "Permanent Secretariat takes part in the 10th Industrial and Commercial Summit between Jiangsu-Macao-Portuguese-speaking Countries, and thematic briefing on Zhenjiang"
27 October 2020
The 12th Cultural Week of China and the Speaking Countries, organised by the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao),had its official launch on October 22. Via one-click access to the 12th Cultural Week of China and Portuguese-speaking Countries website (semanacultural.forumchinaplp.org.mo), interested parties can enjoy cultural … Continue reading "TDM Canal Macau to present cultural offering of the 12th Cultural Week of China and the Speaking Countries"
23 October 2020
The University of Coimbra in central Portugal and the Portugal-China SMEs Chamber of Commerce have agreed to cooperate in matters such as Chinese traditional medicine, an official of the university says. University of Coimbra Vice-rector for External Relations and Alumni João Nuno Calvão da Silva announced in writing that the agreement calls for the parties … Continue reading "Sino-Portuguese chamber, University of Coimbra to cooperate"
23 October 2020
The “3rd Council Meeting of the Industrial and Commercial Summit between Jiangsu-Macao-Portuguese-speaking Countries” was held in Macao on the afternoon of October 22. As a member of the Summit Council, the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao) provided support to enable the meeting to happen. … Continue reading "Permanent Secretariat supports and takes part in the 3rd Meeting of the Council of the Industrial and Commercial Summit between Jiangsu-Macao-Portuguese-speaking Countries"
