Economic and Business Information

2017-11-21

Brazilian centre to train young Chinese footballers

The Chinese Football Association will set up a special training centre in Brazil for young Chinese footballers, the People’s Daily reports.

2017-11-21

Official thinks Chinese GDP growth could exceed 6.5 pct in 2018

Chinese National Development and Reform Commission Deputy Secretary-General Fan Hengshan has forecast conditionally that the rate of growth in Chinese gross domestic product will exceed 6.5 percent next year, the People’s Daily reports.

2017-11-21

Millennium BCP to be first European bank to issue UnionPay cards

Portuguese bank Millennium BCP and UnionPay International, a subsidiary of Chinese payments system operator UnionPay, have formed a partnership, Xinhua reports.

2017-11-20

Fragility of Mozambican economic recovery worries IMF official

An International Monetary Fund official in Mozambique, Ari Aisen, says the economy there is recovering, but that the recovery is fragile, Lusa reports.

2017-11-20

Documentary on Sino-Angolan tiaes to premiere in Luanda

A documentary entitled From the Other Side of the World, about links now and in the past between Angola and China, will have its premiere tomorrow in Luanda, the producer says.

2017-11-20

China, Brazil agree on reciprocal fast-tracking of patent applications

China and Brazil have agreed on an arrangement that will mean applicants for patents in one country can have their applications considered swiftly in the other, the Chinese State Intellectual Property Office has announced.

2017-11-17

Macao Polytechnic Institute hosts University of Coimbra delegation

A delegation sent by the University of Coimbra in Portugal has spent a week at the Macao Polytechnic Institute (MPI) engaging in academic and cultural exchanges and receiving sports training, MPI says.

2017-11-17

Portugal, China the main buyers of Mozambican shellfish in 2016

Portugal and China were the biggest markets for Mozambican exports of shellfish last year, Lusa reports.

2017-11-17

Chinese planners help cities in Mozambique solve problems

The Guangzhou Urban Planning and Design Survey Research Institute is helping two cities in Mozambique, Nampula and Nacala, solve their urban development problems, the Global Times reports.

2017-11-16

IMF forecasts Angolan economy will grow 1.1 pct in 2017

The International Monetary Fund says it expects the Angolan economy to recover somewhat this year and to grow by 1.1 percent.

2017-11-16

China gives Guinea Bissau US$3.59mln worth of rice

China has given Guinea Bissau rice worth US$3.59 million to help feed its people, Macauhub reports.

2017-11-16

Brazil, China begin talks on reciprocal social welfare deal

Representatives of Brazil and China have begun negotiations in Brasília about a reciprocal arrangement for social welfare for citizens of one country living in the other, Mix Vale reports.