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Timor-Leste

BNU bank of Timor-Leste launches country’s first credit cards

18 July 2017
Banco Nacional Ultramarino (BNU) of Timor-Leste (East Timor) has launched the country's first Visa debit and credit cards, the bank said.

Trade between China and Portuguese-speaking countries grows 41% from January to May

13 July 2017
Trade between China and the Portuguese-speaking countries rose 41.51% year-on-year in the January-May period to US$46.3 billion, according to official figures from China issued by Forum Macau.

Fosun tests business model in Portuguese-speaking countries

11 July 2017
The Fosun group has announced that it will use Portuguese-speaking countries to test a business model combining healthcare and financial services following acquisitions in Portugal, the group's founder and chairman told Hong Kong newspaper South China Morning Post.

Diplomat Vicente Manuel resigns from Forum Macau

11 July 2017
(CN) 中国-葡语国家经贸合作论坛（澳门）（“中葡论坛”）常设秘书处原副秘书长韦尚德已于7月10日离任，预料接替其职的葡籍经济学家Rodrigo Manuel Ferreira Brum即将履新。

Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries should focus on the economy

3 July 2017
Entrepreneurs from Portuguese-speaking countries want to turn the Portuguese-speaking Community (CPLP) from an essentially political institution to one that focuses on economic issues, Salimo Abdula, the Mozambican president of the CPLP Business Confederation said in Maputo.

Trade between China and Portuguese-speaking countries grows 40.41% from January to April

30 June 2017
Trade between China and Portuguese-speaking countries recorded year-on-year growth of 40.41% from January to April, totalling US$34.172 million, according to official Chinese figures released by Forum Macau.

Cabo Verde to have new delegate at Forum Macau

29 June 2017
The current Cape Verdean delegate to Forum Macau, Mário Vicente, will be replaced in July by Nuno Furtado, according to newspaper Ponto Final, which said the replacement was confirmed by a source from the institution.

Portuguese-speaking entrepreneurs meet in Maputo in October

23 June 2017
The Business Confederation of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CE-CPLP) will hold the 1st CPLP Economic Conference in Maputo, Mozambique, on 18 and 19 October, the CPLP vice-president said in the Portuguese city of Matosinhos on Wednesday.

Praia meeting is a success, says president of Cabo Verde TradeInvest

19 June 2017
The meeting of businesspeople from China and Portuguese-speaking countries was a "huge step" for investments to be made in Cabo Verde (Cape Verde), said the president investment agency Cabo Verde TradeInvest on Friday in Praia.

Construction of Tibar port begins in Timor-Leste

15 June 2017
Construction of the port of Tibar, west of Dili, the capital of Timor-Leste (East Timor), led by Bolloré Ports, a division of French group Bolloré Transport & Logistics, was formally launched on Wednesday.

Entrepreneurs from Macau and China attend business meeting in Cabo Verde

13 June 2017
More than 150 Chinese and Macau entrepreneurs leave for Cabo Verde (Cape Verde) on Thursday to attend the "Meeting of Entrepreneurs for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-Speaking Countries Praia 2017" to be held in the capital city from 16 to 18 June.

Timor-Leste promotes its investment opportunities in Northern Australia

9 June 2017
A meeting to raise awareness of economic and investment opportunities in Timor-Leste (East Timor) will take place on 16 June in Darwin, northern Australia, organised by TradeInvest Timor-Leste.

Cape Verde hosts business people from China and Portuguese-speaking countries

7 June 2017
Business people from China and Portuguese-speaking countries are meeting from 16 to 18 June in Praia, the capital of Cabo Verde (Cape Verde), in search of business opportunities and partnerships, in an initiative supported by the Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM).

Sao Tome and Principe appoints representative to Forum Macau

6 June 2017
Sao Tome and Principe has appointed Gualter Vera Cruz as the representative to the Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries, said Xu Yingzhen, the Secretary-General of the institution.

China Development Bank open to supporting Macau companies

5 June 2017
The China Development Bank (CDB) has announced that it is open to studying ways to support small and medium-sized enterprises in Macau to expand their business abroad.

Fund for cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking countries now has headquarters in Macau

2 June 2017
The Fund for Development Cooperation between China and the Portuguese-speaking Countries, which has been based in Macau since Thursday, is analysing 20 projects submitted by entrepreneurs in Portugal, Timor-Leste (East timor) and Brazil who are seeking financing for their implementation.

Macau meeting strengthens China’s business relations with Portuguese-speaking countries

1 June 2017
Chinese state-owned enterprises operating in Portuguese-speaking countries reaffirmed their interest in continuing to invest in those countries, using Macau as a platform for access and cooperation.

Portuguese-speaking countries seek partners and investments in Macau

26 May 2017
Representatives from the eight Portuguese-speaking member countries of Forum Macau will travel to Macau in search of Chinese partners and investments at the International Forum on Investment and Infrastructure Construction (IICF), on 1 and 2 June.

Headquarters of the Chinese-Portuguese-Speaking Cooperation and Development Fund in Macau inaugurated on 1 June

22 May 2017
The Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) Secretary for Economic Affairs and Finance announced on Friday that the inauguration ceremony of the China-Portuguese-Speaking Cooperation and Development Fund in Macau will take place on 1 June.

Trade between China and Portuguese-speaking countries grows 43% in Q1

17 May 2017
Trade between China and Portuguese-speaking countries reached US$23.97 billion in the first quarter of the year, an increase of 43.33% compared to US$ 16.72 billion in the same period of 2-16, according to figures from Forum Macau.
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