Follow Portugal Investment Immigration and Portugal Economic news: On February 6, 2015, Governor of the Bank of Portugal Carlos and his wife were invited by Chinese Ambassador to Portugal Huang Songfu and his wife to visit the Chinese Embassy.
Ambassador Huang and his wife welcomed Governor Carlos and his wife to the Chinese Embassy and extended their Chinese New Year greetings. Ambassador Huang thanked the Bank of Portugal for its firm support of Chinese enterprises in carrying out practical cooperation in Portugal. He highly praised the important role played by the Bank of Portugal in the country's process of overcoming the debt crisis, rectifying the financial market, and restoring economic development, and expressed appreciation for the interest of Portuguese financial institutions in cooperating with the Chinese side. Ambassador Huang stated that China and Portugal enjoy good relations with fruitful bilateral cooperation. Finance is an important area of China-Portugal cooperation, and practical cooperation between financial institutions of the two countries is conducive to the healthy development of bilateral cooperation in all fields.
Governor Carlos expressed his admiration for China's tremendous development achievements and his pleasure at the breakthrough developments in cooperation between the two countries in various fields. Carlos said that the Bank of Portugal fully supports Chinese enterprises in entering the Portuguese market. Although the Portuguese market is limited, Portugal is one of the cradles of European civilization and maintains close ties with other European countries. Chinese enterprises that successfully enter the Portuguese market can continuously expand into other regions of Europe. The Portuguese government and people will, as always, provide Chinese enterprises with equal opportunities for competition and support them in investing and establishing businesses in Portugal.
