The “Seminar on Trade in Services between China and the Portuguese-speaking Countries” was held on June 1 at MGM Macau. It was jointly organised by the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao),

The Consul-General of Brazil to Hong Kong and Macao, Mr Piragibe dos Santos Tarragô, visited the office of the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao), also known as Forum Macao. Brazil’s Representative at Forum Macao, Mr Rafael Rodrigues Paulino, accompanied Mr Santos Tarragô.

Taste Portugal, an international network of Portuguese restaurants, will be expanded to cover China in general and Macao in particular, Portuguese travel news website PressTur reports.

An executive of State Grid Corp. of China has said the company will invest 140 billion reais (US$38 billion) in Brazil in the next 5 years, putting money into electricity generation and transmission, Reuters reports.

The Chinese State Council, or cabinet, has approved reductions in tariffs on imported consumer products such as sportswear, household appliances, aquatic products and medicine from July 1, CCTV reports.

In order to strengthen exchanges and cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries regarding trade in services, a 60-strong delegation organised by the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries,

On the morning of May 31, the Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in Macao SAR, Mr Zheng Xiaosong, visited the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao),

Representatives of the Angola-China Chamber of Commerce and Angolan travel agency Agência Sol Turismo will sign next month an agreement meant to make it easier for Angolans to obtain foreign currency for business trips to China, O País reports.

The Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency has announced that a committee of a Sino-Brazilian joint commission will meet this year to discuss opening the Chinese market to Brazilian exports of rice.

The Brazilian subsidiary of Chinese state-owned construction company China Gezhouba Group Co. Ltd has bought a water supply company in the Brazilian city of São Paulo, Xinhua reports.

Portuguese Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education Manuel Heitor has said he will look for partners in China and India for the Portuguese space programme, Exame Informática reports.

The Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency says China is among the 7 main markets where members of the Brazilian Footwear Industries Association hope to sell more shoes between now and 2020.