In the health sector, one of the biggest projects of Ulisses Correia e Silva's government is the construction of Cape Verde's National Hospital, which aims to improve the level of health care and reduce external medical evacuations.

The Chinese community living in São Paulo donated 500 food baskets to needy families at the Cidade Tiradentes Cultural Training Center (CFCCT), on the east side of the São Paulo capital.

The first 1,000 homes of the 5,000 planned for the “Onzo Yami” housing project, in the municipality of Cacuaco, Luanda, will begin to be built on April 26.

Ceará is making progress in improving the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases in the public health network. The governor of Ceará, Elmano de Freitas, signed a partnership with China that establishes cooperation between the Dr. Carlos Alberto Studart Gomes Messejana Hospital (HM) and the Xiamen Cardiovascular University Hospital. The agreement was signed at the Abolição Palace in Fortaleza.

A high-profile delegation from the Chinese consulate in São Paulo landed in Foz do Iguaçu for a historic visit, further consolidating ties between Brazil and China.

Portugal's Economy Minister told Lusa on April 22 that Portugal would like to be included in the group of countries benefiting from visa exemptions to enter China, and that this has been communicated to Beijing.

China is the main destination for soya cargo handled at the Port of Paranaguá, on the coast, accounting for 91.8% of exports of the commodity. According to data from the federal government (Comex Stat), between January and March this year 3,208,185 tons of soybeans left the port of Paraná bound for the Asian country. The figure is 105% higher than that recorded in the same period last year (1,563,276 tons).

NIU, the Chinese brand of electric scooters, recently opened the pre-sale of the first model that stands out from the city bikes sold by the company in Brazil. It's the XQI3, a cross-style bike with a list price of R$59,980 and reservations can be purchased for R$5,000.

Agriculture, energy and health were the main areas of debate at the seventh edition of the Brazil-China Dialogues for Technology and Development, which took place between April 8 and 11 at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), as part of the 5th National Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation and as a side event of the G20 Engagement Groups - T20 (Think Tanks) and S20 (Science).

The Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE) and the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) are taking part in the 19th meeting of the Joint Projects Committee (JPC). The meeting was attended by several INPE coordinators and specialists and representatives from various CAST sectors.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Angola, Téte António, visited, on April 20, for the first time, the Cidade da China Shopping Center, considered the largest market selling various products in Luanda.

On April 17, the seminar "50 years of the Brazil-China relationship: Cooperation for a sustainable world" was held in Brasilia at the headquarters of the Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock of Brazil (CNA).