The economy of Mozambique is expected to grow by 5.5 percent next year, after growing by 3.4 percent this year, according to the official government forecast.

The Mainland has delivered 1.2 tonnes of rice to Cape Verde in support of a meal distribution programme for schools, kindergartens and charities, Inforpress reports.

Angola’s Minister of Health Luís Gomes Sambo has stressed the importance of co-operating with the Mainland in the area of healthcare, Jornal de Angola reports.

A competition for Chinese-Portuguese translation has been launched by the Tertiary Education Services Office and Macao Polytechnic Institute, the Jornal Tribuna de Macau reports.

The Cape Verde government has awarded an Honourable Mention to a Chinese medical team for its “relevant” contribution to the African country’s healthcare sector and the country overall, A Semana reports. The newspaper reports that eight Chinese doctors working at the Agostinho Neto Hospital in the capital, Praia, have received accolades for their work over the past two years. China sends medical teams to Cape Verde for a two-year rotation, the report says.

Co-operating with China can help develop Brazil’s media landscape, says the executive director of the EBC, Brazil’s state-owned broadcaster, Luiz Recena.

The University of Macau plans to establish a Chinese-Portuguese teaching and training centre next year to train more bilingual students to support the Macao’s development.

A 16-kilometre road connecting Bissau to Safim in Guinea-Bissau will be the country’s first highway and be built with help from Mainland China, the Portuguese news agency Lusa reports.

China National Complete Plant Import and Export Corp. Ltd. will help build a new hotel in a tourism development area in Santa Monica, A Semana reports.

The Mainland’s GDP growth this year will be slightly higher than 6.7 percent, according to the National Development and Reform Commission.

The government of Macao plans to establish a system for trade credit insurance, a move designed to project the city’s role in promoting co-operation between companies in Macao, Mainland China and the Portuguese-speaking Countries.

Mainland-based conglomerate Huafeng Group is planning to invest US$1 billion in Angola over a two- to five-year period, Angop reports.