The reconstruction of an 800-kilometre railway in Angola by China Hyway Group has been provisionally completed and the project delivered on Friday to the Angolan Government, the country’s news agency Angop reported.

Representatives from UCCLA – the Union of Portuguese Language Capital Cities – met on Monday in Macao to plan activities for 2016.

Portugal has launched its first Chinese Film Festival as part of efforts to facilitate cultural exchanges between the two countries, Chinese official news agency Xinhua reported.

The first building for the planned financial centre in Angola’s capital, Luanda, will be inaugurated this month, Angolan newspaper Jornal de Angola reported last week.

Some Chinese companies have already benefited from business opportunities arising from the upcoming Olympic Games, to be held in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro next summer, Chinese official news agency Xinhua reported.

China received 54.2 billion yuan (US$8.49 billion) in foreign direct investment (FDI) in August, up by 22 percent from the prior-year period, the country’s Ministry of Commerce announced on Thursday.

A study conducted by the Guangdong Research Institute for International Strategies suggests China should invest more in co-operation with Portuguese-speaking Countries and with Latin America.

Brazil’s Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply, Kátia Abreu, on Wednesday announced that China is ready to approve imports of Brazilian dairy products, reported Brasil, the latter country’s news agency.

China’s Fosun International confirmed on Tuesday it has started exclusive negotiations with Portugal’s central bank to buy Novo Banco.

China’s Premier Li Keqiang pledged that the nation would open further to foreign investment, official news agency Xinhua reported. He made the remarks on Wednesday at the annual summer meeting of the World Economic Forum in Dalian, in northeast China.

Angola’s Secretary of State for Hotels, Paulino Baptista, said the Government would continue to support the construction of hotels and the expansion of the country’s tourism industry. Quoted by local newspaper Jornal de Angola, Mr Baptista said the project for construction of six hotels schools across the country, including in the capital Luanda, is expected to move forward.

Brazilian airline Azul Linhas Aéreas and the Chinese carrier Hainan Airlines signed a co-operation agreement last week for the implementation of routes between Brazil and China.