On April 9, the Workers' Party (PT) and the Communist Party of China (CCP) met in Beijing for the 7th Theoretical Seminar. The PT delegation included the party's national president, Gleisi Hoffmann, and was received by the minister of the international department of the CCP Central Committee, Liu Jianchao.

The Salvador Caetano group, based in Vila Nova de Gaia, has just signed an agreement with the Chinese company XPeng to take over the import and distribution of this brand of electric vehicles in Portugal and Spain, and expects to start sales in the Iberian markets this year.

China has authorized seven Brazilian establishments to export frozen fetal bovine serum to the country, said Roberto Perosa, Secretary for Trade and International Relations at the Ministry of Agriculture (MAPA).

According to information from the State Grid Corporation of China, State Grid's subsidiary in Brazil, State Grid Brazil Holding, signed a concession agreement with Aneel (National Electric Energy Agency) on April 3 in Brasilia for the ±800 kV high-voltage direct current transmission project of new power in northeastern Brazil.

More than 200 kilometres of roads are being rehabilitated in the province of Kwanza-Norte, the Minister of Public Works, Urbanism and Housing, Carlos Alberto dos Santos, announced on 3 April in Dondo (Cambambe).

In the wake of the surge in Chinese vehicles on the Brazilian market, imports of auto parts from the Asian country have also accelerated at the start of the year.

Turismo de Portugal will resume its promotional activities in China at the end of May and, according to Lídia Monteiro, a member of Turismo de Portugal's Board of Directors, a roadshow is already scheduled to take place in four cities in China with the participation of around 120 Chinese tourism companies.

Experts from the bean, pulse and special crop sectors met on April 4 in Brasilia to discuss opening up the Chinese market for Brazilian sesame exports. A delegation from the Brazilian government will be traveling to China later this month to negotiate export protocols between the two countries.

Vehicle imports increased by 46.4% in value compared to the same period last year, driven by Chinese electric and hybrid models, the Foreign Trade Secretariat (Secex) of the Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services (Secex/MDIC) said on April 4.

Beijing Capital Airlines will now offer four weekly frequencies on the Lisbon-Hangzhou route in China. The information was given at the event commemorating the 100th anniversary of the first flight between Portugal and China, which took place on April 2nd at Lisbon Airport.

Two Cape Verdean companies, Hidro Energy and CVORM Energy, were present at the Macau International Environmental Cooperation Forum and Exhibition. Participation is supported by Cabo Verde TradeInvest, the Cape Verde Embassy in China by the Cape Verde Delegate to the Macau Forum.

On a recent strategic mission to China, representatives of Nuclebrás Equipamentos Pesados S.A. (NUCLEP) laid the foundations for a Memorandum of Understanding with the giant Zhenhua Heavy Industries Company (ZPMC).