The People’s Bank of China has again cut the country’s key interest rates and lowered the reserve requirement ratio in a bid to spur economic growth.

Brazil has welcomed what has been dubbed the world’s first dual-language dictionary explaining proverbs used in Brazil and China. The goal of the new publication is to facilitate bilateral cultural exchanges, China’s state-run newspaper People’s Daily reported.

The Macao Polytechnic Institute (MPI) plans to have more exchange students from Portuguese-speaking countries while strengthening its academic programme on topics related to those nations.

Angola was the Portuguese-speaking African country attracting the most Chinese investment projects between 1998 and 2012, says a new study.

President José Mário Vaz on Thursday appointed Baciro Djá as Guinea-Bissau’s new Prime Minister. Mr Djá replaces Domingos Simões Pereira, sacked by Mr Vaz earlier this month following internal political differences.

The Angolan Government is to set up an Investment Promotion Agency to replace the existing National Agency for Private Investment (ANIP). The move follows the recent approval of a new Private Investment Law, Angolan news agency ANGOP reported.

Brazilian shipments of iron ore to China increased 6.5 percent in volume terms year-on-year in the first seven months of 2015, financial news service Bloomberg reported last week.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will freeze a decision on whether to update the composition of its Special Drawing Rights (SDR) basket of currencies until September 30, 2016. That would be the earliest date for the possible inclusion of the Chinese currency – the yuan – in the international reserve asset, the IMF said on Wednesday.

Portugal has named Duarte Bué Alves as the head of the new Consulate General in Guangzhou, the capital city of the Chinese province of Guangdong.

Hundreds of companies from China will take part in the second edition of China Machinex Brazil. The industry event will feature a selected group of energy sector manufacturers, the fair’s organisers said. It is taking place between September 14 and 16 in the Brazilian city of São Paulo.

A newly approved private investment law in Angola will spur investments in the African nation by reducing bureaucracy, government officials said.

Mozambican Prime Minister, Carlos Agostinho do Rosário, said on Tuesday that the country needs more investment in the tourism industry, reported local daily newspaper Notícias. Only then can Mozambique become a reference point in the international tourism market, he added.