Portuguese PM aims to build on ties

'Our partnership is particularly well fitted to address new challenges,' visiting statesman says

Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa will make an official visit to China from Saturday through Wednesday on the invitation of Premier Li Keqiang.

The visit will include a speaking engagement at Tsinghua University in Beijing and visits to Shanghai and Shenzhen, where the PM will meet with local authorities, entrepreneurs and investors, and he will attend the Fifth Ministerial Conference of the Macao Forum, Costa's aides said.