The Portuguese Ministry of Education says universities and polytechnic institutes in Portugal have given places to 1,117 Chinese students in the current academic year.

State Power Investment Corp. (SPIC) of China is looking for further opportunities to invest in electricity generation in Brazil, Reuters reports.

The Brazilian Agriculture Ministry says the Chinese authorities will this month send teams to inspect 84 Brazilian meatpacking plants with a view to allowing the plants to export meat to China, Reuters reports.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said Sino-Brazilian co-operation shows great vitality and promise, Xinhua reports.

The Chinese and Mozambican authorities have agreed to give priority to agriculture and natural resources in further co-operative efforts, Notícias reports.

The Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute has announced that the two-day 9th International Infrastructure Investment and Construction Forum (IIICF) will begin in Macao on June 7.

Pragmatic co-operation between China and Mozambique has yielded fruitful outcomes and is an example for China-Africa collaboration, the Chinese Ambassador to the Portuguese-speaking nation says.

The Angolan government is seeking more than US$15.5 billion from Chinese lenders, Lusa reports. The report by the Portuguese news agency references a prospectus for Eurobonds lodged by Angola. The prospectus says US$11.7 is being sought from ICBC – the world’s biggest bank by total assets – to pay for infrastructure.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Portugal on Friday and Saturday, the Chinese government-run news agency Xinhua reports.

The Secretary-General of the Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao, Ms Xu Yingzhen, led a delegation on a visit to Anhui Province’s Hefei Municipality on May 7 and 8. The visit was part of the effort to boost cooperation between provinces and municipalities in Portuguese-speaking Countries and in Mainland China,

In order to promote investment and trade cooperation between Jiangsu, Macao and Portuguese-speaking Countries and to open up new areas for cooperation, as part of Macau’s role as a platform, the Meeting of the Working Group for Investment and Trade Cooperation Promotion under the Council of the Summit for Commercial and Industrial Development of Jiangsu

The Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao and the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the Yangzhou Municipal People’s Government jointly organised on May 10 the “Meeting on Cooperation on Production Capacity between Yangzhou, Macao and Portuguese-speaking Countries”.