Universities in Macao and mainland China have agreed to make arrangements for sharing resources for teaching the Portuguese language, the University of Macau says.

The Portuguese Language Communication Association in Macao begins today soliciting entries for a new contest among schoolchildren to write fiction in Portuguese and then illustrate it, inviting pupils at nine schools in the lusophone world to compete.

Chinese maker of mobile phones Xiaomi Corp. has opened its third shop in Brazil, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, the Xinhua Silk Road website reports.

The biggest solar farm in Mozambique, in the northern town of Metoro, will begin generating electricity by next January, Lusa reports.

The Chinese Ministry of Education has given the University of Saint Joseph in Macao permission to accept students from mainland China, the Macau News Agency (MNA) reports.

Angolan President João Lourenço has ordered the purchase of 10 million doses of the vaccine against COVID-19 devised by Sinopharm Group Co. Ltd of China, Novo Jornal reports.

The University of Macau has announced the formation of the University Alliance for Portuguese Language Education in China.

Macao businesswoman Melinda Chan Mei Yi has called for multi-currency venture capital funds, private equity investment funds and the like to be set up to attract foreign investment in the Guangdong-Macao Intensive Cooperation Zone on Hengqin Island, which abuts Macao, the Macao Daily News reports.

A Brazilian diplomat believes the establishment the BRICS Partnership on New Industrial Revolution Innovation Center is a great opportunity for Brazilian and Chinese companies and scientific institutions to pursue joint projects and learn from each other, the China News Service (CNS) reports.

Construction of a primary school in the central Angolan city of Cuito is 70 per cent complete, and the Chinese contractor is expected to finish the job this year, Angop reports.

Prospective students of translation of the Portuguese legal language as used by lawyers have until September 30 to apply for places on an intensive course on the subject to be given the University of Macau Chinese-Portuguese Bilingual Teaching and Training Center and the Portuguese Institute of the Orient, or IPOR, the university says.

The Portuguese trade and investment promotion agency, AICEP, is holding online today a seminar on opportunities for Portuguese companies in e-commerce in China.