Agency strengthens relationship with China at a seminar held in SP
Investe SP will help an institution of Macao to organize the arrival of other delegations of Chinese investors to Brazil
The general manager of Institutional and International Relations of Investe SP, Wilson Soares, participated in the seminar “Opportunities for Investment and Cooperation between China and Brazil” this Tuesday, May 8, in São Paulo. As the Vice-Minister of Commerce of China, Jiang Yaoping, said in opening of the event, the purpose of the meeting is to promote the industrial development between the countries, strengthening the role of Macao as a main link between China and Portuguese-speaking countries. “I hope that this bilateral cooperation advances to new heights,” said Yaoping.
At the seminar, Soares met with the president of the Institute for the Promotion of Trade and Investment of Macao, Jackson Chang, one of the speakers, and offered the services of Investe SP to Chinese investors. “We will help the Institute to organize the arrival of other delegations of Chinese investors to São Paulo so that they get to know the opportunities and business environment of the state,” said Soares.
The Secretary of International Relations of the city of São Paulo, Alfredo Cotait Neto, highlighted the similarities between São Paulo and Macao, showing the main attractions of the two regions. “São Paulo is the financial center of Brazil, accounting for 15% of the country’s GDP,” he said.
The secretary for Economy and Finance of the Government of Macao Special Administrative Region, Tam Pak Yuen, said that since the establishment of the Macao Forum in 2003, the trade volume between the countries has increased. “Total exports and imports between Macao and Portuguese-speaking countries reached in 2011, US$ 117 billion,” said Yuen.
The Consul General of the China in São Paulo, Sun Rongmao, said that China is the country that has developed the most in the Eastern Hemisphere and Brazil, is the fastest growing country in the Western Hemisphere. “The bilateral trade between the two countries reached US$ 84.2 billion in 2011, an increase of 35% in comparison with the previous year. And in the first quarter of 2012, this volume reached US$ 18 billion, thus corresponding to an increase of 11% in comparison with the same period of the previous year,” said Rongmao.
Among the lecturers of the event were the secretary of Trade and Services of the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Humberto Luiz Ribeiro; the Vice-Director of the department of International Finance of the Development Bank of China, Guo Lei; the Secretary-General of the Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking countries, Chang Hexi; and the Investment Coordinator of Apex-Brazil, Maria Luisa Cravo.