Nov. 1, 2017 -Portugal’s Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, accompanied by representatives of 39 Portuguese port and related companies and industries, is in China for a busy, eight-day visit (10\/28-11\/4) to concretize Portugal’s participation in the Maritime Silk Road. That includes hopes for some $2.5 billion in Chinese investments in expanding container and other facilities in the Portuguese ports of Sines (towards the south), Lisbon (in the center), and Leixoes (towards the north), as well as in areas of \u00abblue biotechnology,\u00bb oceanic aquaculture, and marine industry. The first of two planned high-level seminars took place in Beijing on Monday, with representatives of 86 Chinese companies present. Vitorino’s Chinese counterpart, State Oceanic Administration Director Wang Hong, there spoke of maritime cooperation as an \u00abessential part\u00bb of Chinese-Portuguese cooperation, and discussed China’s overall view of the \u00abocean as an important doorway for China to embrace the whole world.\u00bb<\/p>\n
Vitorino, for her part, said that \u00abPortugal wants to declare itself a global logistical hub in the Atlantic area,\u00bb and \u00abdouble the value of the blue economy,\u00bb to the level of becoming one of the five most sea-related economies in the world. She described Portugal as \u00aba necessary stop on north-south Atlantic routes \u2026 [and] a required crossing point in east-west routes.\u00bb<\/p>\n
That statement echoes Portuguese State Internationalization Secretary Jorge Costa Oliveira’s declarations at the May Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, that Portugal desires that \u00aba maritime route to [the port of] Sines be included, and in addition, that the land rail Silk Road, which already goes from Chongqing to Madrid, also comes to Portugal.\u00bb<\/p>\n
So far, Vitorino has signed an Action Plan with her Chinese counterpart, outlining collaboration on research and commercial projects as China and Portugal establish an expanded \u00abblue economy\u00bb partnership. She met today with the President of the Development Bank of China. Vitorino also reported that agreements had been reached between Portuguese and Chinese companies to form consortia which would compete for various of the planned investment projects. No specific details were given, but the Portuguese businesses represented are leading port operators, construction companies, logistics operators, naval boatyard repair works, engineering, energy, aquaculture, and fish transformation companies, Macauhub reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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