Economic and Business Information

2015-05-14

Portugal’s food Secretary of State visits China

Portugal’s Secretary of State for Food and Agri-food Research Nuno Vieira e Brito on Wednesday started a visit to China. He is the second Portuguese government representative to visit the country this month.

2015-05-14

China, Brazil plan wide range of co-operation deals

China and Brazil will sign several co-operation agreements when China’s Premier Li Keqiang visits the South American nation next week.

2015-05-14

IMF says Mozambique’s economy to grow 7 pct in 2015

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects Mozambique’s economy to grow 7 percent this year while inflation will also surge.

2015-05-13

Bank of China (Macau) executive favours yuan for sino-lusophone trade

The deputy general manager of Bank of China – Macau Branch (BOC Macau), Wang Jun, has urged that cross-border trade between China and Portuguese-speaking countries be settled in yuan.

2015-05-13

Chinese Communist Party vows closer ties with Cape Verde’s ruling party

A senior Chinese Communist Party official has pledged to forge “closer exchanges” with Cape Verde’s ruling party, the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV), Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua reported.

2015-05-13

Chinese visitors to Portugal up by 49 pct in 2014

The number of Chinese tourists to Portugal surged by 49.3 percent year-on-year in 2014 to 113,200, according to preliminary figures compiled by the Bank of Portugal and the Portuguese National Institute of Statistics.

2015-05-12

Angola bourse to trade stocks before end-2015

Angola’s financial exchange plans to start trading selected shares and corporate bonds by the end of this year, Pedro Pitta Groz, the body’s Executive Commission President, told news agency Bloomberg.

2015-05-12

Chinese-backed cement plant in Mozambique ready by year-end

A Chinese-funded cement factory in Mozambique will be ready for production by the end of this year, the Chinese Embassy in the African country said in a statement.

2015-05-12

China Premier to visit Brazil next week

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will pay an official visit to Latin America next week on a four-nation tour including Brazil, Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua confirmed.

2015-05-11

Brazil should focus on attracting Chinese investment: former diplomat

Brazil could attract more Chinese investment by simplifying procedures for opening new businesses in the country, former Brazilian Ambassador to China Clodoaldo Hugueney said in an interview.

2015-05-11

Chinese-funded school in Angola recruits female students

The Chinese-funded Centiennial Vocational School in Angola has for the first time recruited female students. The female intake will study hotel management, China’s state-run new agency Xinhua reported. The new school year started last week.

2015-05-11

China open to import more from Portugal: Portuguese official

China is receptive to increasing its imports from Portugal and to stepping up investment in the European Union nation, namely in areas such as infrastructure, said Portugal’s Secretary of State for Economy Leonardo Mathias.