The Representative of the Republic for the Autonomous Region of Madeira, Judge Counselor Ireneu Cabral Barreto, received on June 13 in an audience at the São Lourenço Palace the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China in Portugal, Zhao Bentang, who was accompanied by a diplomatic delegation from that country.

During this meeting, several issues of common interest were discussed, such as the importance of economic relations between China and Portugal and in particular the prospects for cooperation with the Autonomous Region of Madeira in terms of digital transition, blue economy and free zones. commercials.

The ambassador, who is making his second visit to the island of Madeira, this time accompanied by a delegation of 10 Chinese businesspeople, expressed particular commitment to the creation, in collaboration with the University of Madeira, of a Chinese language center and to twinning between our region and the prosperous Chinese province of Jiangsu.

(Source: Dnoticias.pt, on June 13)