On March 18, Angola's Minister of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas, Diamantino Azevedo, visited the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and the China National Chemical Engineering Company (CNCEC).

Chinese drone company EHang Holdings began selling its flying car on March 18. According to Reuters, the vehicle is available for purchase on Taobao, Alibaba's Chinese online shopping site, for 2.39 million yuan (around R$1.7 million).

Chinese car manufacturer BYD will increase investment in its electric vehicle factory in Camaçari, Brazil, by 83% to 5.5 billion reais (1 billion euros), the Chinese press reported on March 19.

Chinese refiner Rongsheng Petrochemical has bought at least 4 million barrels of crude oil from the US and Brazil through a tender for delivery in June, trade sources said on March 14.

On March 17 in Beijing, a total of 14 major business groups from various sectors expressed their interest in investing more and more in Angola, after receiving assurances from the Head of State, João Lourenço, during separate talks with their managers.

With the aim of seeing for themselves the transition to electrification, leaders of the ABC Metalworkers' Union organized an agenda in China to meet automakers of electric light and heavy vehicles, battery and semiconductor manufacturers and technology companies. The delegation also visited Shanghai Polytechnic University, the Brazilian Embassy in China, the headquarters of the BRICS Bank and ICBC, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China.

Another 38 Brazilian meatpacking plants have been cleared to sell meat to China, according to a statement from the Chinese General Administration of Customs (GACC) sent to the Brazilian government on March 12, according to a note published by the Ministry of Agriculture on its website.

The Portuguese Environment Agency has already issued a favorable environmental impact statement, albeit conditional, for the project by Chinese lithium battery company China Aviation Lithium Battery Technology (CALB), which plans to build a factory in Sines, reports Expresso on March 14.

Brazil is ready to stand out at the Xiamen International Stone Fair 2024, one of the most important events in the sector in the East, from March 16 to 19 in Xiamen, China.

The Brazilian Association of Zebu Breeders (ABCZ) received, on March 12th, a visit from a Chinese delegation made up of representatives from an animal health biotechnology company.

The vice president of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, asked the Chinese Ambassador to the country, Wang Wengang, for technical assistance from the Asian giant to eradicate poverty in the Equatorial Guinea territory.

A representative delegation from Unicamp, led by Rector Prof. Antonio José de Almeida Meirelles visited Peking University (PKU) on March 12th.