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UPTEC - the Science and Technology Park of the University of Porto participates in the event "A Transdisciplinary Approach to Social Innovation", in New York, on 12 December. The goal is to bring together social entrepreneurs from different countries to develop new ideas and skills and to create a digital platform.

CGTN (China Global Television Network) was in Porto to interview Mayor Rui Moreira. The topics on the table were China-Portugal relations, Chinese investment in Porto, how can Porto attract more Chinese people, Port Wine market in China, and how to improve mutual understanding.

The main lobby at São Bento Station hosts another edition of charity Christmas. The "Arca de Natal" [Xmas Ark] will run on 12 and 13 December to make you consider buying gifts that give back.

Memorable scenes and striking characters were on the menu for the 3rd edition of the "Salão Piolho" initiative, which concluded on 9 December with the screening of short films by Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Méliès at Porto City Hall main foyer.

Porto City hall hosts a conference on Human Rights today at 9.30 pm, at the Town Hall main Foyer. This event is entrance free and it is held in the framework of the 70th anniversary of the proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, on 10 December 1948.

"Joan Miró and the Death of Painting" is the new exhibit on display at Serralves, from 12 December till 3 March 2019. The exhibit is curated by Robert Lubar Messeri and it focusses on the artistic work by the Catalan painter in 1973, when Joan Miró, aged 80, was preparing an important historic retrospective at the Grand Palais, in Paris.

The Serralves Foundation and the illustrator Fedra Santos present the book "O Parque - Biodiversidade em Serralves" [The Park - Biodiversity in Serralves, free translation], on 8 December, at 5 pm.

The Puppet Theatre of Porto presents the tale "Cinderella", in the context of the programme "Foco Famílias", on 15 and 16 December, at 11 am, at Campo Alegre Café-Teatro. Beware: this is not Perrault or Grimm's Cinderella, but rather an anachronistic version that includes characters of different fairy tales.

A visit to the Bolhão Temporary Market (BTM) will be a fun experience as the sound of jazz will find its home at BTM to help you get in the festive mood, on 8 December, starting at 3 pm.

Porto is on the spotlight as it entered the Top 100 City Destinations 2018 ranking report released by Global market research company Euromonitor International, covering the world's leading cities ranked by international tourist arrivals.