A group from the Academy of Music at the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) will tour Portugal from 29 September to 3 October, with performances in Lisbon, Aveiro and Porto. The programme will introduce Portuguese audiences to poetry and songs from ancient China.

Shanghai Silin Special Equipment Co., Ltd., a Chinese company, is considering Brazil’s state of Maranhão as one of the possible locations for its first production facility outside China. The cable and wire manufacturer intends to expand its operations in the Brazilian market.

A delegation from the University of Coimbra (UC), led by Nuno Mendonça, Vice-Rector for Innovation, Business Relations and Employability, and including Ricardo Dias, Co-ordinator of the UC Global special project, visited Shanghai last week to strengthen institutional contacts and identify opportunities for co-operation.

Angola, Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique and São Tomé and Príncipe have developed action plans to improve the speed and response capacity of emergency medical teams when dealing with epidemics, disasters and other health emergencies.

Mozambique’s Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Estêvão Pale, last week invited Chinese and international investors to invest in processing and transforming the country’s mineral and energy resources.

The Luso-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCILC) received Portugal’s Consul-General in Guangzhou, Tomás Azevedo, at its representative office in Changsha, in China’s Hunan Province, on 15 September.

According to Brazil’s Ministry of Tourism, the country received 113,228 Chinese tourists between January and August 2026, around 10% more than the 103,122 recorded throughout 2025. Compared with the first eight months of 2025, when 65,319 Chinese visitors arrived, this represents an increase of 73.3%.

A delegation led by Sofia Cordeiro, Subdirectorate of the Directorate-General for Studies, Planning and Evaluation of Portugal’s Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation, recently visited Macao Polytechnic University (MPU) to deepen co-operation in higher education and advanced scientific research.

The Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) recently received a delegation from the National Center of Educational Technology (NCET), under China’s Ministry of Education, to discuss strengthening co-operation in the areas of digital transformation in education, artificial intelligence and academic co-operation.

Zhao Leji, chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC), recently held talks with the President of Angola’s National Assembly, Adão de Almeida, in Beijing.

More than one hundred members of Guinea-Bissau’s security forces recently received free consultations and medical treatment from the 21st Chinese Medical Team.

The Chinese Ambassador to Timor-Leste, Wang Wenli, and the President of the Republic, José Ramos-Horta, highlighted the strengthening of bilateral relations last week, with particular emphasis on the economy, infrastructure, health, education, agriculture and security.