China’s Ambassador to Angola Cui Aimin has praised the Angolan government’s efforts at dealing with the impact of falling commodities prices, the newspaper Jornal de Angola reports.

TAP Portugal’s first direct flights to mainland China will start next year, the Expresso newspaper reports. “We went to China and they [HNA Group] said we could have four weekly direct flights to Beijing next year and I believe that could be a reality before summer,” TAP shareholder David Neeleman was quoted as saying.

The Chinese economy will grow 6.6 percent in the fourth quarter, says the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

The Chinese Government will help fund the building of a Vocational Training Integrated Centre in Angola’s Huambo Province next year, the Jornal de Angola newspaper reports.

China and the Portuguese autonomous region of Azores are looking to enhance co-operation regarding the dairy sector, Portuguese news agency Lusa reports.

The government of Cape Verde forecasts that more than 650,000 tourists will visit the country this year, A Semana reports.

Brazil’s largest pension fund, Previ, will sell its 29-percent-stake in Brazilian electricity company CPFL Energia SA to State Grid Corp of China, Reuters news agency says.

Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa will visit China from October 8 to 12, Jornal de Negócios reports. The Portuguese newspaper says Mr Costa’s visit will include a stop in Macao. It cites a statement issued by the prime minister’s office.

The government of Mozambique has identified a number of potential locations and participants to be involved in an industrial park that will be built with Bejing’s assistance, according to China’s Ambassador to Mozambique Su Jian.

Chinese companies have won three infrastructure contracts in the Angolan city of Cabinda, online news portal Macauhub reports.

Mainland carrier Air China and its subsidiary Air Macau are assessing a new route form Macao to Beijing and Lisbon, reports the Jornal Tribuna de Macau newspaper.

The mainland has overtaken Japan to become the second biggest source of outbound direct investment (ODI) in the world, according to official data.