The new Consul General of Portugal in Macau, Alexandre Leitão, visited the Quinta da Marmeleira winery in the outskirts of the Portuguese capital, an investment by Wu Zhiwei, a leading entrepeneur from Macau.
Leitão, who will replace Paulo Cunha Alves in the top diplomatic post in the Special Administrative Region, was welcomed friday at Marmeleira winery by top level staff in Portugal.
The new consul inspected the vines, wine storage facilities and tasted the wines produced by Wu Zhiwei´s team, which are sold at leading restaurants and hotels in Macao and China. During the visit, the diplomat highlighted Quinta da Marmeleira´s role in creating jobs for youth in the region.
Authorities from China and Portugal visit Marmeleira Wines at 5th China International Import Expo
Marmeleira is a representative enterprise of Macao’s investment in Portugal in response to the Belt and Road initiative and its wines and have been gaining recognition.
The company has actively expanded its sales channels, and its wines are now sold on China Communications Construction Group’s large e-commerce platform in the Mainland, on the Jiaojian cloud business platform and the Nanguangtong e-commerce platform.
Its wines are also promoted by luxury hotels such as Staff House Hotel and the company has been featured in CCTV a documentary.
Quinta da Marmeleira brings wines from Portugal to China International Import Expo
Authorities from China and Portugal visited Quinta da Marmeleira wines´ stand at the 5th China International Import Expo, last month at the National Convention and Exhibition Center (Shanghai).
Marmeleira´s exhibition area was visited, according to the Portuguese winemaker, by Sílvia Inácio, Consul General and Acting Ambassador of Portugal in Shanghai, Luís M.M. Costa, leader of Shanghai International Trade Promotion Bureau, He Jinglin, representative of the National People’s Congress, Yu Yusheng, Chairman of Macao International Trade Promotion Bureau, all hosted by businessman Wu Zhiwei, the company´s owner.
During the visit, Wu Zhiwei, President of Marmeleira, said that the company will deeply integrate into national strategies such as the Belt and Road Initiative and the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, build a strong brand in Macao, tell the story of China, help the moderately diversified development of Macao’s economy, and promote Macao’s brands to go global.
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The new Consul General of Portugal in Macau, Alexandre Leitão, was previously Consul General of Portugal in Benguela and was posted at the Portuguese Embassy in Senegal, before being posted to Brussels as Head of Affairs of the European Parliament at the Representation of Portugal to the European Union.
Leitão was also Ambassador of the European Union in Timor-Leste, diplomatic advisor to the Prime Minister, António Costa, and more recently vice-president of the organizing committee of the United Nations Ocean Conference, which took place in Lisbon.
He is currently the special envoy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Climate Affairs.
