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Timor-Leste

Forum Macau takes part in Portuguese Language Day in Beijing

10 May 2017
The Day of Portuguese Language and Culture of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries was celebrated for the first time in Beijing on the initiative of the diplomatic representations of the Portuguese speaking countries, said the Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macau.

Timor-Leste inaugurates electronic interbank system

10 May 2017
Timor-Leste's (East Timor's) first electronic interbank system recently started linking the current infrastructure of the five commercial banks operating in the country to a network set up by Portuguese company SIBS.

Macau prepares creation of the Business Federation of China and Portuguese Speaking Countries

27 April 2017
Representatives of Macau in the future Business Federation of China and Portuguese Speaking Countries (FECPLP) met on Wednesday to discuss the drafting of the articles of association, membership categories and organisational structure of the institution.

Dynamic Macau Week held this month in city of Shenzhen

26 April 2017
The city of Shenzhen hosted Dynamic Macau Week 2017 from 14 to 16 April, showcasing the region's role as a platform between China and the Portuguese-speaking countries.

Four Portuguese-speaking countries benefit from China’s new import rules

25 April 2017
Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique in Africa and Timor-Leste (East Timor) in Southeast Asia are the Portuguese-speaking countries enjoying preferential treatment under the new import rules approved by China.

Food products from Portuguese-speaking countries promoted in China

25 April 2017
Promotional and business matching activities related to food products from Portuguese-speaking countries will be held from 28 to 30 April in Guangzhou.

Portal about food products from Portuguese-speaking countries attracts more than 300,000 visitors

20 April 2017
The Economic and Trade Cooperation and Human Resources Portal between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries has received over 300,000 visitors since its creation on 1 April, 2015.

Trade between China and Portuguese-speaking countries grows 32.64% in January/February

18 April 2017
Trade between China and the Portuguese-speaking countries reached US$14.844 million in January February, an increase of 32.64% compared to the same period of 2016.

Forum Macau trains 150 professionals from Portuguese-speaking countries in 2017

18 April 2017
The training center of Forum Macau will train about 150 people at the five colloquia it plans to organise this year on productive capacity, financial cooperation, trade laws, traditional medicine and tourism administration, said Xu Yingzhen, the secretary general since June 2016.

Mozambique government expects economy to grow 5.5% in 2017

13 April 2017
Mozambique's economy is expected this year to grow by 5.5%, with a "remarkable contribution" from the financial sector.

Chief Executive wants more synergies between One Belt, One Road and the Macau platform

11 April 2017
Macau Chief Executive Chui Sai On said it is necessary to combine the action of China's One Belt, One Road initiative with the Service Platform for Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries.

EU signs new cooperation agreement with Timor-Leste

3 April 2017
The European Union will support Timor-Leste (East Timor) with a budget of 57 million euros over the next five years.

Entrepreneurs from CPLP and China meet in Cabo Verde in June

31 March 2017
Cabo Verde (Cape Verde) from 16 to 18 June will host a meeting between businesspeople of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) and China under the theme "Promoting opportunities for economic cooperation between China and the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries," Cape Verdean investment agency Cabo Verde TradeInvest said onThursday. Ana Lima Barber also told the Inforpress news agency that the meeting is part of the framework to strengthen economic and business cooperation between China and the CPLP and aims to promote business opportunities in each country.

Timor-Leste joins the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

31 March 2017
Timor-Leste's application to the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (BAII) was approved by the Board of Governors of the institution and the country has been accepted as a potential regional member, the Timorese government said in a statement released recently in Dili.

São Tomé and Príncipe becomes a fully-fledged member of Forum Macau

30 March 2017
São Tome and Príncipe was admitted on Wednesday as member of the Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macau), announced the secretary general of the institution, Xu Yingzhen at the end of a meeting held in Macau.

Lusophone Journalism Prize awards 10,000 euros for the best report on Macau

30 March 2017
The best journalism about Macau will now be annually awarded a prize of 10,000 euros, under a partnership between the Portuguese Press Club and Portuguese-language newspaper Jornal Tribuna de Macau (JTM), announced on Wednesday in Macau José Rocha Dinis, the JTM manager. The Lusophone Journalism Award for all media professionals from Portuguese-speaking countries, is aimed mainly at "encouraging the development of the Portuguese language," said the JTM manager on the sidelines of a conference on "The role the press is losing" held at the Macau Military Club.

Chinese companies invest over US$50 billion in Portuguese-speaking countries

27 March 2017
The investment of Chinese companies in Portuguese-speaking countries totals US$50 billion and the value of contracts in these countries exceeds US$90 billion, said the Deputy Secretary-General of Forum Macau appointed by China.

Portugal appoints Deputy Secretary-General and new delegate to Forum Macau

27 March 2017
Economist Rodrigo Manuel Ferreira Brum will take on the role of Deputy Secretary-General of the Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and the Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macau) at the suggestion of Portugal, the Consul General of Portugal in Macau said on Friday. The Consul General Vítor Sereno also said the delegate of the Agency for Investment and Foreign Trade of Portugal in Macau, Maria João Bonifácio, will be the new delegate for Portugal at Forum Macau, replacing him in the role.

Trade between China and Portuguese-speaking countries rises 7.52% in January

10 March 2017
Trade between China and Portuguese-speaking countries totalled US$8.281 billion in January 2017, which was a year-on-year increase of 7.52%, according to official figures from China released by Forum Macau. Angola and Brazil accounted in January for 92% of trade between China and the eight Portuguese-speaking countries with a total of US$7.625 billion.

Forum Macau meets in Beijing with ambassadors of the Portuguese-speaking countries

2 March 2017
The ambassadors of Angola, Brazil, Cabo Verde (Cape Verde), Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal and Timor-Leste (East Timor) in China expressed the appreciation of their respective governments for the results achieved in economic and trade cooperation between China and the Portuguese-speaking countries, according to official information published in Macau.
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