Chinese Ambassador to Portugal Cai Run has said 13 percent more Portuguese visited China in the first quarter of this year than a year earlier, the Hangzhou Daily reports.

The participants in a seminar on trade and economic cooperation targeting representatives from the member states of Forum Macao, visited Macao from June 6 to 10. The seminar was organised by the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China and its Academy for International Business Officials (AIBO).

The Secretary for International Affairs of Brazil’s Ministry of Planning, Development and Management, Mr Jorge Arbache, visited on June 8 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 in Forum Macao, Mr Rafael Rodrigues Paulino, accompanied Mr Arbache.

A single closing ceremony and certificate presentation for two event series: the “Seminar on Infrastructure Construction in Portuguese-speaking Countries”; and the “Seminar on Trade in Services in Portuguese-speaking Countries” took place at the ballroom of Hotel Grand Lisboa on June 9

Data compiled by tourist shopping tax refund company Global Blue indicate that each Chinese visitor to Portugal in the first four months of this year spent, on average, €718 (US$847) on duty-free goods, 28 percent more than in the corresponding period a year earlier, Expresso reports.

The Macao Cultural Affairs Bureau has announced that it will put on next month the first festival in Macao of the arts and culture of China and the Portuguese-speaking world.

Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi has said his government has been reforming the tourism market in the country to attract more investment, Xinhua reports.

The Minister of Infrastructure, Land Management and Housing of Cabo Verde, Ms Eunice Andrade da Silva Spencer Lopes, visited on June 8 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. Cabo Verde’s Representative at Forum Macao, Miguel Nuno Furtado, was also present at the meeting.

The Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries, also known as Forum Macao, held on June 8 at the Venetian Macao Resort Hotel’s Cotai Expo

ViniPortugal President Jorge Monteiro has said Portugal exported €23 million (US$27.12 million) worth of wine to China last year.

Chinese Ambassador to Mozambique Su Jian has said his government hopes recent investments by Chinese will help Mozambique achieve economic autonomy in the decades to come, Notícias reports.

The Portuguese government says the operator of the port of Shanghai is interested in co-operating with Portuguese institutions in running ports in Portugal, notably the container port at Sines.