The first session in a series titled Webinars on International Cooperation Against Covid-19 was held online on June 16, at 8pm (Beijing time). A number of guests from China and the Portuguese-speaking Countries and territories attended the first Seminar of the series. They included: the Chinese Ambassador to Brazil, Mr Yang Wanming; the Consul-General of China in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Mr Li Yang; the Secretary-General of the Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao, Ms Xu Yingzhen

Webinars on International Cooperation Against Covid-19 will be held in series form on respectively June 16, June 23, June 30 and July 7, aiming to promote a global cooperation effort in tackling the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Due to the overall impact of the pandemic linked to the novel coronavirus, the 127th edition of the China Import and Export Fair – an event also known as Canton Fair – is being held exclusively online, from June 15 to 26.

The launch ceremony of the “Report on the Evolution of Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (2018-2019)” took place on May 13, 2020 at the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST).

The Portuguese-speaking member-states of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao) are feeling the impact of the pandemic caused by the new coronavirus as it moves around the world.

A meeting to review the external evaluation report on the achievements over the past 15 years of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao) took place on January 16 and 17 in Macao. More than 30 participants attended the meeting.

A delegation led by the Assistant Minister of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Mr Ren Hongbin visited on January 16 the office of the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao). He was accompanied by the Deputy Director-General of the Economic Affairs Department of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR), Ms Li Huaying.

The fourth meeting of the “Working Group on Cooperation in Capacity Production” of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao) was held on December 16, in Beijing, to help implement Forum Macao’s “Memorandum of Understanding on Promoting Co-operation in Production Capacity”.

The Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao), also known as Forum Macao, the Consulate-General of China in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the governments of the states of Rio de Janeiro and Espírito Santo, and the Brazil-China Business Council, co-organised on December 9 a seminar on innovation in international trade in services.

The Secretary-General of the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao), Ms Xu Yingzhen, led a delegation on December 6 to 9 to accompany the Vice Minister of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Mr Wang Bingnan, on his visit Brazil.

The Vice Minister of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Mr Wang Bingnan, led a delegation on a visit Timor-Leste from December 3 to 4.

Representatives from the Portuguese-speaking Countries to the Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao attended – at the invitation of the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China in the Macao SAR – a reception celebrating the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Macao SAR.