Portugal’s exports of goods increased by 1.8 percent year-on-year in 2014, totalling almost 48.2 billion euros (US$53 billion), the country’s statistics bureau announced on Tuesday.

China has this year seen a rise in its exports and investment in countries and regions linked by the “One Belt, One Road” initiative, Chinese official news agency Xinhua reported.

Guinea Bissau’s Prime Minister, Domingos Simões Pereira, pledged the African nation would become a major destination within Africa for foreign investment, reported Portuguese news agency Lusa. The country’s economy is set to grow by 7 percent in 2018, Lusa added, quoting the P.M.

Chinese automaker Chery aims to enhance its production and presence in the Brazilian market this year, China’s state-run news agency Xinhua reported.

Mozambique’s gross domestic product (GDP) at market prices grew 5.9 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2015, Mozambican newspaper Folha de Maputo reported, quoting official data.

The Chinese economy “is showing some positive changes” as the recent measures by the Government in support of the economy have started to take effect, said the Chinese National Bureau of Statistics.

China’s state-owned food giant COFCO Corp has invested nearly US$5 billion in Brazil since it entered that market in 2014, the company said in a press statement. Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang visited the firm’s infrastructure projects in São Paulo last month.

Portugal is “on the radar” of Chinese investors and the relationship between the two countries is in its “best moment so far”, said Filipe Santos Costa, a former Shanghai-based Delegate from AICEP Portugal Global – Trade & Investment Agency, a Portuguese state organisation.

China and Cape Verde aim to enhance their co-operation in cultural exchanges in the coming years, reported Cape Verdean news agency Inforpress.

The Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) is to take on responsibility for administering 85 square kilometres of waters surrounding the SAR, and also for administering the land area where the Border Gate with Zhuhai is located, according to an executive meeting today of the State Council.

Activities in China’s services sector expanded slightly month-on-month in June according to official data. The National Bureau of Statistics said the services Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose to 53.8 in June from 53.2 in May, while its new orders sub-index rose to 51.3 in June from 49.5, as Beijing introduces measures to support the economy. The 50-point level separates contraction from expansion.

An official of the Communist Party of China has called for strengthened co-operation and mutual political trust with Portugal, Chinese official news agency Xinhua reported.