Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Diário de Notícias, Ferreira, accompanied Ambassador Huang on a tour of the newspaper office and introduced the 150-year development history, editorial operations, and workflow of the daily newspaper. Ferreira stated that China's development achievements have attracted worldwide attention, and the development of Portugal-China relations is highly valued by the Portuguese public. The newspaper is willing to cooperate closely with the Chinese Embassy to open and increase new news sources, strive to increase coverage related to China, and commit to presenting a more authentic and objective China to the Portuguese public, contributing to enhancing mutual understanding between the two peoples.
Ambassador Huang highly praised Diário de Notícias for its outstanding contributions to social progress in Portugal as the country's oldest media outlet, and wished the newspaper greater achievements in the new media era. Ambassador Huang stated that the current bilateral relations between China and Portugal are developing smoothly, with fruitful results and broad prospects for practical cooperation in various fields. Portuguese media should play an active role in boosting the development of relations between the two countries to a higher level. The Portuguese people have a strong interest in Chinese culture and a simple and genuine desire to understand China. He hopes that Diário de Notícias will continue to play its unique role as a bridge and leverage its traditional influence to help the Portuguese people better understand China.
Gong Tao, Minister-Counselor of the Embassy, and Guo Zongrui, Director of the Political Section, attended the above activities.
