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
A Chinese-built roll-on, roll-off ferry, the Berlin-Ramelau, is set to arrive in Timor-Leste by October 11, ANTIL reports, citing Timorese Transport and Communications Minister José Agustinho da Silva. The Timorese state-run news agency quotes Mr Agustinho da Silva as saying the Port Authority of Timor-Leste is forming a party of inspectors to send to China … Continue reading "Ferry built in China set to be delivered to Timor-Leste"
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"
10 September 2021
A prominent Portuguese financial adviser, Jorge Costa Oliveira, believes financial markets in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area have huge potential as a source of money for projects by companies in the Portuguese-speaking world. Mr Costa Oliveira, a member of the Portugal-China SMEs Chamber of Commerce Strategic Council and a former director of the Macao … Continue reading "Seek funds in South China, lusophone entrepreneurs advised"
8 September 2021
The master plan for the Guangdong-Macao Intensive Cooperation Zone on Hengqin Island, which abuts Macao, has been approved at the highest levels of the ruling party and government of China, Xinhua reports. The Chinese state-run news agency says the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council gave their approval last Sunday. The … Continue reading "Macao plan envisaging boost for intl trade gets green light"
6 September 2021
The finalists of the Contest for Promotional Videos on Portuguese-speaking Countries, a competition jointly hosted by the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum Macao and the Macao Polytechnic Institute, have been selected from entries made by 24 teams. The finalists will now vie for the most votes, via online voting, and the corresponding special prize. Online … Continue reading "Online voting begins for Contest for Promotional Videos on Portuguese-speaking Countries"
19 August 2021
The managers of the China-Portuguese-speaking Countries Co-operation and Development Fund in Macao are amenable to investing in Chinese-run companies in Timor-Leste, the Chinese Embassy in Díli says. Chinese Commercial Counsellor, Geng Xiewei, gave a presentation about the fund at a videoconference last week attended by representatives of 20 Chinese-run enterprises in Timor-Leste, according to a … Continue reading "Macao fund may invest in Chinese businesses in Timor-Leste"
13 August 2021
Timor-Leste will receive this week its largest shipment yet of vaccines for its drive to inoculate its people against COVID-19, Lusa reports. The Portuguese news agency, citing a source in the National Immunization Technical Advisory Group in Timor-Leste, says the authorities there hope to receive this week about 500,000 doses of vaccines. The report says … Continue reading "Timor-Leste to receive more vaccines against COVID-19"
11 August 2021
Trade in merchandise between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries reached US$90.483 billion in the period from January to June 2021. It represented a 40.07 percent increase year-on-year, according to data from China Customs. Portuguese-speaking Countries sold goods worth US$62.494 billion to China in the first six months of 2021 – a rise of 33.7 percent year-on-year. The value of … Continue reading "Trade between China, Portuguese-speaking Countries nearly US$90.48bln in January-June 2021"
11 August 2021
Trade in merchandise between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries reached US$71.423 billion in the period from January to May 2021. It represented a 37.95 percent increase year-on-year, according to data from China Customs. Portuguese-speaking Countries sold goods worth US$48.531 billion to China in the first five months of 2021 – an increase of 30.81 percent year-on-year. The value of China’s merchandise exports … Continue reading "Trade between China, Portuguese-speaking Countries tops US$71.4bln in January-May 2021"
11 August 2021
Trade in merchandise between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries reached US$53.96 billion in the period from January to April 2021. It represented a 29,01 percent increase year-on-year, according to data from China Customs. Portuguese-speaking Countries sold goods worth US$36.045 billion to China in the first four months of 2021 – a rise of 19.74 percent year-on-year. The value of China’s merchandise exports … Continue reading "Trade between China, Portuguese-speaking Countries nearly US$53.96bln in January-April 2021"
6 August 2021
Santos Ltd of Australia says the output of the first of its three wells in the Bayu-Undan field off southern Timor-Leste exceeds its expectations. The well produces 178 million standard cubic feet of gas and 11,350 barrels of oil a day, according to a written statement issued by Santos last week. Santos says it intends … Continue reading "Santos says Timorese oil well output beyond expectations"
3 August 2021
Chinese Ambassador to Timor-Leste Xiao Jianguo says Timorese athletes are most welcome to compete in Winter Olympics due to be held in Beijing next year, his embassy says. Mr Xiao and a Timorese government official holding a sport portfolio, Abrão Saldanha, met last Thursday, and the ambassador told Mr Saldanha that China would do all … Continue reading "Warm welcome awaits Timorese at Beijing Winter Olympics"
2 August 2021
Chinese Ambassador to Timor-Leste Xiao Jianguo expects closer Sino-Timoresecooperation within the framework of the Chinese Belt and Road initiative, his embassy says. The Chinese Embassy in Dili issued on Wednesday a written statement quoting Mr Xiao as saying so the day before, at a meeting of representatives of Timor-Leste and foreign contributors to development of … Continue reading "Closer Sino-Timorese cooperation on infrastructure forecast"
30 July 2021
With the aim of promoting further cooperation between enterprises of China and Portuguese-speaking Countries, the Permanent Secretariat of Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao) organised on July 27 a Webinar on Business Cooperation between Jiangsu and Portuguese-speaking Countries, themed “Business Cooperation between Enterprises from China and Portuguese-speaking Countries and … Continue reading "Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao organises ‘Webinar on Business Cooperation between Enterprises from China and Portuguese-speaking Countries’"
28 July 2021
Chinese Ambassador to Timor-Leste Xiao Jianguo has expressed the support of China for the Timorese bid to join the World Trade Organization, his embassy says. A Facebook post by the Chinese Embassy in Dili quotes Mr Xiao as voicing Chinese support when he and Timorese Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Joaquim Amaral met last Saturday. … Continue reading "Envoy voices Chinese backing for Timorese membership of WTO"
27 July 2021
The Belt and Road Infrastructure Development Index Report 2021 shows that the China-Portuguese-speaking Countries Co-operation and Development Fund has spurred investment by Chinese companies in Portuguese-speaking markets, the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute, or IPIM, says. The document shows that the fund managers have focused on investment in infrastructure, clean energy and healthcare, according … Continue reading "Fund spurs Chinese investment in lusophone world"
26 July 2021
Trade in merchandise between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries reached US$38.491 billion in the period from January to March 2021. It represented a 20.41 percent increase year-on-year, according to data from China Customs. Portuguese-speaking Countries sold goods worth US$25.283 billion to China in the first three months of 2021 – an increase of 8.86 percent year-on-year. The value … Continue reading "Trade between China, Portuguese-speaking Countries tops US$38.49bln in January-March 2020"
26 July 2021
The parallel session on “Giving full play to Macao’s role as a platform in promoting the joint implementation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries of the ‘One Belt, One Road’ initiative”, part of the official programme of the 12th International Infrastructure Investment and Construction Forum (IIICF), was held at the Venetian Macao’s convention and exhibition centre, on … Continue reading "Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao hosts parallel session on “Giving full play to Macao’s role as a platform in promoting the joint implementation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries of the ‘One Belt, One Road’ initiative”"
