On July 25, the 15th Entrepreneurs Meeting for Commercial and Economic Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries was held in Luanda, capital of Angola. Zhang Shaogang, Vice Chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), led a business delegation to attend and address the meeting. Zhang Bin, Chinese Ambassador to Angola, Augusta Fortes, Angolan Secretary of State for Trade and Services, Vincente Francisco Soares, President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Angola (CCIA), Ji Xianzheng, Secretary-General of the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao) (Forum Macao), and Li Zaosen, a member of the Board of Directors of the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM), were present at the event. Nearly 400 business representatives from China and Portuguese-speaking countries attended the meeting.

Zhang Shaogang noted that China and Portuguese-speaking countries should go along with the historical trend of economic globalization and regional economic integration. Given our highly complementary development strategies, natural resources, and industrial structures, we have numerous conjunctions of interests. As a result, our cooperation has yielded substantial fruits, boosting the economic and social development, and the improvement of people's livelihood for both sides. Moving forward, we should continue expanding trade exchanges between China and Portuguese-speaking countries, diversify China-Portuguese economic and trade cooperation, and share high-quality practical cooperation platforms such as China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE) to jointly steer the China-Portuguese economic and trade cooperation towards a higher level.

The meeting was jointly initiated by the the CCPIT, the IPIM, and the CCIA, and was co-hosted by 11 trade and investment promotion institutions from China and Portuguese-speaking countries, receiving support from the Chinese Embassy in Angola, the Angolan government, and the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum Macao. Themed "Economic Diversification", the meeting arranged sessions such as the 2nd CISCE specialized promotion session and China-Anglo Economic and Trade Seminar, aiming to promote multi-sector collaboration between China and Portuguese-speaking countries. During the meeting, eight cooperation agreements were signed, covering areas such as trade, fisheries, energy-saving, and environmental protection.