Brazil maintains its position as China’s top trade partner among the Portuguese-speaking countries.
Portuguese-speaking countries
China’s main Portuguese-speaking trade partners between January and May this year continued to be Brazil, Angola and Portugal.
Marcos Galvao said that Brazil was ready to ‘move ahead’ on cooperation with Beijing in a range of fields, from education to the environment.
The African nation’s trade minister says it wants to ‘attract more Chinese investment and take advantage of the opportunities that are offered’.
Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng promises ongoing support for the organisation, set up to boost trade and investment between China and the lusophone countries.
The start-up initivative’s name change is to reflect last year’s addition of Equatorial Guinea as member state of Forum Macao.
Ho Iat Seng is set to make his first European trip since taking office, with the first stop being Lisbon.
The trip comes as the organisation, set up to promote business links between Macao and lusophone countries, gears up to celebrate its 20th anniversary.
Newly appointed ambassador has spent almost half of 30-year diplomatic career in Brazil; says bilateral relations have become increasingly mature and stable.
