Angola’s Minister of Geology and Mines, Francisco Queiroz, is in China this week, where is having meetings with several officials of foreign companies operating in the diamond sector, Angolan news agency Angop reports.

Portuguese exports to China rose 19 percent year-on-year in the first nine months of 2014 to 595 million euros (US$740.3 million), show data released this week by Portugal’s National Statistics Institute (INE). That is up from 500 million euros recorded in the first nine months of 2013.

The Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao), also known as Forum Macao, informs that a new representative from Angola to the Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao, Belarmino Paredes Vieira Barbosa, took office on November 1, 2014.

Mozambique’s Minister for Industry and Trade, Armando Inroga, said the government is speeding up economic reforms in order to improve the country’s business climate, reports local newspaper Jornal de Notícias.

The People’s Republic of China will support Guinea-Bissau with agricultural machinery and training of agricultural technicians, following a request made by Guinean President José Mário Vaz, reports the RDP Africa service of Portuguese public broadcaster RTP.

A new platform for attracting investment in Cape Verde, called ‘Single Window for Investment’ (Janela Única de Investimentos, in Portuguese), will be presented to heads of public and private institutions of the country on November 14.

China’s annual consumer inflation remained at a near five-year low in October at 1.6 percent, further evidence that the world’s second-largest economy is cooling and giving room to policymakers to stimulate growth if needed.

Trading of securities on the Angolan Stock and Debt Exchange (Bodiva) is scheduled to begin in December, said the chairman of the Capital Markets Commission (CMC), Archer Mangueira, quoted by local media.

Citizens of East Timor may soon have access to business loans from commercial banks using moveable assets as collateral, as a result of an initiative co-financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the institution said in a statement.

Brazil’s annual inflation slowed in October but remained above the official target range, according to official data. Consumer prices, as measured by the IPCA index, rose 6.59 percent in the 12 months through October, easing from 6.75 percent in September, government data showed.

China’s investment abroad in the next 10 years is expected to reach US$1.25 trillion, President Xi Jinping said on Sunday, official Chinese news agency Xinhua reports. Mr Xi made the remarks while addressing the CEO Summit of the ongoing Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in Beijing.

Portugal’s minister for Agriculture and the Sea, Assunção Cristas, has arrived in Macao, the first stop in her trip to China, Lusa news agency reports.