The operator of the Metro do Porto, the metropolitan railway in the northern Portuguese city of Oporto, has asked China Railway Rolling Stock Corp. (CRRC) Tangshan Co. Ltd to go ahead with making passenger coaches for its network, CRRC Tangshan says.

The Chinese-funded expansion of the Luachimo hydroelectric power station in the northeastern Angolan province of Lunda Norte should be finished in time to re-start the facility in the first half of next year, Angop reports.

Mozambican Economy and Finance Minister Adriano Maleiane has told a World Bank meeting that he is awaiting an answer from Beijing to a request for a moratorium on repayments of Mozambican debt to China, Lusa reports.

Fifteen Portuguese are taking this week a training programme arranged by Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd of China, the ComputerWorld website reports.

Macao enterprises will seek new opportunities for business at the 2020 Portuguese Speaking Countries Products and Services Exhibition (Macao) (PLPEX) from October 22 to 24, and at the simultaneous 25th Macao International Trade & Investment Fair (MIF), the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute, or IPIM, says.

Manuela António – Lawyers and Notaries of Macao and Jingsh Law Firm of Beijing have agreed to open a joint branch office on Hengqin Island, which abuts Macao, the Macau News Agency (MNA) reports.

China Railway Construction Corp. Ltd (CRCC) has finished the principal portion of a water supply system for the northern Angolan city of Cabinda, O País reports.

Newly accredited Chinese Ambassador to Guiné-Bissau Guo Ce has promised to solicit more Chinese support for important Guinéan infrastructure projects, Agência de Notícias da Guiné (ANG) reports.

Among those attending online the first International Science, Technology and Innovation Forum (ISTIF) in Macao from November 9 to 11 will be representatives of the governments of lusophone countries, the government of Macao says.

Over 3,100 Macao-funded enterprises have now been registered on the island of Hengqin, which abuts Macao, the China Daily reports, citing an official of the Hengqin New Area Management Committee, Wu Chuangwei.

The logistics arm of Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd, Cainiao Smart Logistics Network Ltd, says it has struck a deal that will cut to three days from one week the time it takes to deliver parcels from China to South America.

Brazilian miner Vale SA says it means to expand its Shulanghu iron ore terminal in the eastern Chinese port of Ningbo-Zhoushan, having struck a deal to that effect with Ningbo Zhoushan Port Co. Ltd.