Economic and Business Information

2015-10-23

Portugal’s President invites election victor to form government

Portugal’s President, Cavaco Silva, has invited Pedro Passos Coelho to form the country’s next Government, even though his coalition will not hold the majority of seats in the nation’s Parliament.

2015-10-23

Chinese business conference in Portugal

A Chinese business conference, the Horasis China Meeting, held in Cascais, Portugal this week, was due to attract more than 300 Chinese and global business leaders, Portuguese news agency Lusa reported.

2015-10-23

New fields of co-operation with Angola: Chinese Ambassador

China’s Ambassador to Angola, Cui Aimin, has argued the two nations should move beyond traditional partnerships in infrastructure and housebuilding, and strengthen co-operation in agriculture, fishery, health, education and training.

2015-10-23

Opening ceremony of Contemporary Art Exhibition by Macao artists

[st-gallery id=”5629eab4210d9″] The Contemporary Art Exhibition by three Macao artists was inaugurated yesterday at the Gallery in the Portuguese Consulate General Official Residence. The three artists Lai Sio Kit, Eric Fok Hoi Seng and Bunny Sut Lai Weng attended the opening ceremony.

2015-10-22

BOC Macao visits Portugal to promote yuan business

Representatives of Bank of China Macao Branch (BOC Macao) visited Portugal last week to promote yuan business among Portuguese lenders and companies, Macao newspaper Macao Daily News reported.

2015-10-22

China opens 1bln-yuan in infrastructure schemes to private sector

China is launching 287 infrastructure development projects worth around 1 billion yuan (US$157.4 million). All will be open to private investment, Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday.

2015-10-22

China and East Timor to boost military co-operation

China and East Timor this week pledged to enhance military co-operation, China’s state-run broadcaster CRI reported.

2015-10-20

China’s GDP grew by 6.9pct in 3Q

China’s economic growth expanded at the slowest rate in more than six years; at 6.9 percent in the third quarter, the National Bureau of Statistics of China said on Monday.

2015-10-20

Central Government foreign affairs official takes up Macao post

Ye Dabo has been appointed Commissioner of China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Macao, local newspaper Macau Daily Times reported on Tuesday.

2015-10-20

Portuguese-speaking Countries highlighted at Macao International Fair

More than 150 companies from Portuguese-speaking Countries will take part in the 20th Macao International Trade and Investment Fair (MIF). It is being held in the Special Administrative Region of China from October 22 to 25.

2015-10-19

Cape Verde sixth most competitive African nation for tourism: report

Cape Verde is the sixth most competitive country in Africa in the tourism field, Cape Verdean newspaper A Semana reported last week.

2015-10-19

Mozambique tipped for fastest growth among Portuguese-speaking African nations: report

Mozambique is poised to undergo the fastest growth this year among the Portuguese-speaking African countries, according to reports released by the Bank of Portugal.