Economic and Business Information

2017-03-14

Academic urges deeper involvement in Latin America, more Brazilian exchanges

A university professor has called for more academic exchanges between the Mainland and Latin America, particularly so with Brazil, Xinhua reports.

2017-03-14

Macao keen to promote trade with São Tomé and Príncipe, IPIM says

Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) President Jackson Chang says his institute is “very interested” in promoting trade with São Tomé and Príncipe, Macauhub reports.

2017-03-14

Direct flights from Mainland China to Portugal begin within four months

Direct flights linking the Mainland and Portugal will begin on July 6, the Presstur website reports. The tourism and travel news website quotes a written statement from Beijing Capital Airlines as saying the carrier will fly from Hangzhou to Beijing to Lisbon and back again three times a week.

2017-03-13

IMF says Mainland can hit this year’s official target for economic growth

The International Monetary Fund thinks the Chinese economy is capable of hitting the target the government has set for growth this year, Reuters reports.

2017-03-13

Mainland companies win contracts for work in Angolan province

he Angolan government has awarded Mainland Chinese companies China Harbour Engineering Co. Ltd. and Sinohydro Corp. Ltd. contracts together worth US$459.6 million for work in Sumbe in the province of Cuanza Sul, Jornal de Angola reports.

2017-03-13

A trio of Portuguese officials to visit Macao this month and next

Three Portuguese government officials will pay separate visits to Macao soon, Jornal Tribuna de Macau reports.

2017-03-10

Mainland officials reveal plan to boost trade in services before 2020

Beijing has announced its plan for spurring international trade in services with a view to curbing the Chinese deficit in such trade by 2020, Xinhua reports.

2017-03-10

World Bank official says Mozambique has potential to ramp up growth

A representative of the World Bank in Mozambique thinks the country has a strong basis for faster economic growth this year, O País reports.

2017-03-10

Mainland China a big market for Brazilian shoemaking materials last year

China is the fifth main destination of Brazil’s exports of components for footwear and chemicals for leather, having imported such goods worth a total of nearly US$50 million in 2016, according to a statement by Brazil’s Trade and Investment Promotion Agency, known as Apex-Brasil.

2017-03-09

Value of China’s February exports grows 4.2 pct

The value of Chinese exports in renminbi was 4.2 percent higher in February than a year earlier, growing more slowly than exports the month before, Xinhua reports, without giving any figure for the value.

2017-03-09

Guinea-Bissau to ask China to give it broadcast equipment

The government of Guinea-Bissau will ask the Chinese government to give it cameras and other equipment for the public broadcaster Guinea-Bissau Television, Macauhub reports.

2017-03-09

Business park ‘open window’ to Portuguese-speaking Countries, official says

The business co-operation park that Macao and the province of Jiangsu are building in the Mainland Chinese city of Changzhou will welcome collaboration with the Portuguese-speaking Countries, Jornal Tribuna de Macau reports.