China’s State Council approved a series of measures to promote the development of financial leasing. State-owned news agency Xinhua reported the aim is to make the sector “better serve the real economy”.

Economic growth in Angola will slow to an annual average rate of 3.5 percent during 2015 and 2016 – compared with 4 percent last year – on weak oil prices, the International Monetary Fund said.

Chinese state-owned power company China Three Gorges Corp is purchasing controlling stakes in three energy businesses in Brazil for up to 1.9 billion reais (US$538 million). The seller is Sao Paulo-based Triunfo Participacoes e Investimentos SA.

Portugal’s public deficit fell significantly in the first seven months of 2015, the country’s Finance Ministry said on Tuesday.

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.