Ties between the Mainland and Portugal could be strengthened by a better understanding of each other’s literature, the Lusa news agency reports.“We can learn a lot from another through science and technology but there is one very important thing that literature brings: it is the understanding of humans,” Portugal’s Minister of Culture Luís Castro Mendes told the 1st Portugal-China Literary Forum in Lisbon.

Mainland China and Hong Kong were the biggest markets for Brazilian beef last month, according to figures provided by Brazilian Beef Exporters Association.

Angola’s infrastructure development scheme is one of the major beneficiaries in Africa of credit offered by Mainland financial institutions according to Angolan Finance Minister Archer Mangueira.

A newly opened Bank of China branch could help promote economic and trade ties between Angola and Mainland China, the government owned Xinhua news agency reports.

A subsidiary of Shanghai Electric Power Co. Ltd has signed a non-binding agreement to buy the majority share in the power transmission infrastructure of the Brazilian government-owned utility Eletrosul Centrais Elétricas SA.

The Macau Legend Development group plans to open a bank called the Banco Sino-Atlântico in Cape Verde’s Praia, the Lusa news agency reports.

More than 400 businesspeople will take part in the Meeting of Entrepreneurs for Economic and Commercial Cooperation between the Mainland and Portuguese-speaking Countries in Cape Verde next week, the Portuguese news agency Lusa reports.

China, Brazil and Angola will see economic growth this year, the World Bank’s most recent Global Economic Prospects reports.

Angola will cooperate further with China, while enhancing mutual trust and taking the strategic partnership to a new level, the Government-run news agency Xinhua reports.

The Councillor of the State Council, Wang Yong, will sign a series of agreements to strengthening cooperation between the Mainland and Angola, the Angolan Ministry of Foreign Affairs says.

Seven cooperation agreements between Mainland China and the Portuguese-speaking Countries were signed during the eighth edition of the International Infrastructure Investment and Construction Forum held in Macao last week.

More Mainland China investments in power and other utilities in Brazil are looming, says a report by Stratfor Worldview.