Angola’s Agostinho Neto University (UAN) and Xiangtan University, in China’s Hunan Province, signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Luanda on 23 September to strengthen professional training, scientific research and academic mobility. The agreement provides short-, medium- and long-term training opportunities for students and academic staff at both institutions.

Portuguese healthcare experts have called for broader international co-operation to deepen research into traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and other traditional practices, and to support their integration into health systems.

Cabo Verde and China signed the Framework Agreement on Economic Partnership for Shared Development during a visit to China by Cabo Verde’s Minister of Economy, Trade, Industry and Digital Transition, António Baptista, in early September.

The Algarve Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR) and the University of Algarve (UAlg) hosted the 6th annual meeting of the International Joint Research Centre for Marine Sciences in Faro on 23 and 24 September. The meeting brought together Portuguese and Chinese researchers to deepen co-operation in marine sciences.

A training seminar on trade and investment facilitation between China and Portuguese-speaking countries recommended stepping up efforts to promote Guinea-Bissau to potential Chinese investors and identify domestic products with the potential to enter the Chinese market.

Timor-Leste’s Minister of State Administration, Tomás do Rosário Cabral, recently visited China’s Hunan Province to deepen co-operation in geology, mining, higher education and sustainable development.

Shaquila Aboobacar Mahomed, Inspector-General of the General Inspectorate of Food and Economic Safety (IGSAE), recently met a representative of the Chinese Embassy in Maputo to deepen bilateral co-operation between the two countries.

The opening ceremony of the 2026 China-Portugal Film Week was held at Cinema Ideal in Lisbon on 18 September. Around 200 guests from a range of sectors in China and Portugal attended, including China’s Ambassador Yang Yirui, Fang Shizhong, Director of the Shanghai Film Administration, and well-known Portuguese actor José Martins.

Timor-Leste is participating as a co-organiser in the 23rd China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO) for the first time, following its accession to the regional organisation. The event took place in Nanning, China, from 17 to 21 September 2026.

Macao and Portugal agreed to deepen co-operation in Portuguese-language teaching, education and scientific research at the 5th Meeting of the Subcommittee on Portuguese Language and Education of the Macao-Portugal Joint Commission, held recently in Macao.

The Angolan group No Competition Infinity Gaming Development Services and Chinese company Jiangsu Yunmu Intelligent Manufacturing Technology Co., Ltd. signed a five-year memorandum of understanding in Guangzhou last week to develop and expand robotics, artificial intelligence and simulation solutions.

The National Library of São Tomé and Príncipe hosted a cultural event last week, organised by the Confucius Institute to promote Chinese culture and foster exchanges between the two countries.