Seventeen years after the creation of Macao Forum by the Ministry of Commerce of China (MOFCOM), a new assessment by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences is a good opportunity to chart a better path forward, helping the Forum achieve its potential as an effective business hub. With Portuguese-Speaking Countries facing pandemic-fueled economic crisis, and China leading the global recovery, the Forum is perhaps more necessary today than its has ever been in the past.

The former Secretary-General of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-Speaking Countries (Macao Forum), Xu Yingzhen, will be China's next ambassador to São Tomé, CL Brief has learned.

The 25th Macao International Trade and Investment Fair (MIF), Macao Franchise Expo 2020 (MFE) and 2020 Portuguese Speaking Countries Products and Services Exhibition (Macao) (PLPEX), which are running concurrently, started on Thursday, and 52 contracts were signed on the first day, the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) said in a statement on Thursday.

Portugal is teaming with China International Electronic Commerce Center (CIECC) to attract Chinese Investment in Life Sciences, Automotive Industries and Tourism, according to the country´s trade board, AICEP.

China´s central government has started a three-year pilot program to enable law practitioners from Hong Kong and Macao to practice law in nine cities of Guangdong province.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday rejected the announced purchase of 46 million doses of a potential vaccine against the coronavirus being developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech and tested in a state governed by a political rival.

The fast recovery of the China´s economy from the Covid-19 pandemic is allowing for a boost of European Union countries´ exports to Asia´s largest economy, IHS Markit reports.

The European Union has started an anti-dumping investigation into imports of steel towers from China used for wind turbines, a few days after having imposed tariffs on Chinese aluminum imports.

The U.S. government stepped up an offensive to keep China's Huawei Technologies out of Brazil's 5G market, by offering to finance purchases by Brazilian telecom companies of equipment from its competitors.

An experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by China's Sinovac Biotech, CoronaVac, appeared to be safe in a late-stage clinical trial in Brazil, preliminary results showed.