Angola and Mozambique are among 14 countries in eastern or southern Africa set to consider treating the Chinese yuan as a reserve currency, Xinhua reports.

President Filipe Nyusi has presided over the ceremonial opening of the Cimentos de Maiaia cement plant in Nacala, in the northeastern Mozambican province of Nampula, AIM reports.

Official figures indicate that Portugal was the 4th-biggest European source of Chinese imports of wine last year, Lusa reports.

Brazilian Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi has expressed hope that Brazil can sell more beef to China now the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has declared the whole country clear of foot-and-mouth disease through vaccination, Reuters reports.

Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs Augusto Santos Silva has said his government will give incentives for the development of e-commerce, Oushinet reports.

The Chinese Central People’s Government has published plans to open wider three free trade zones along the coast of China, Xinhua reports.

BYD Co. Ltd of China has agreed to build an urban monorail system in the northeastern Brazilian city of Salvador for 2.5 billion reais (US$689 million), Bloomberg reports.

A Delegation from Zhuhai Municipality, headed by the Vice-Mayor and member of the Standing Committee of the Zhuhai Municipality’s Party Committee, Mr Zhu Qingqiao, visited on May 21 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.

The Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao), also known as Forum Macao, signed on May 25 a cooperation framework agreement with City University of Macau.

The Macao SAR Government has announced its intention to send healthcare professionals to Timor-Leste to help develop primary healthcare there.

An official of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said the relationship between China and Brazil has entered what he called a “mature and stable” stage of its development, Xinhua reports.

The results of an academic study indicate that Chinese investment as a proportion of the size of the economy invested in was greater in Portugal than in any other European economy except Finland between 2010 and 2016, Jornal de Notícias reports.