Data from the Foreign Trade Secretariat (Secex) indicate that trade between Brazil and China had a start to the year marked by a significant increase of 53.7% in Brazilian exports, which totaled US$7.769 billion, accompanied by a rise of 10.2% in Chinese sales to US$5.062 billion. Trade flow totaled US$ 12.831 billion (up 33%).

In a statement issued on February 12, Mota-Engil informs that it has signed a contract worth 115 million euros relating to a waste management project in Peru, within the scope of the Las Bambas project. Mota-Engil's shareholder is China Communications Construction Company Limited.

The tenth edition of the Chinese Cultural Week in Cape Verde takes place from February 9 to 18, with activities in Praia and Mindelo.

In the recent past, many patients have been faced with the postponement and even suspension of surgeries due to a lack of anesthesia. It is in this scenario that the Minister of Health, Ângela Costa, received a donation of medicines and hospital equipment for 90 thousand euros from Chinese ambassador Xu Yingzhen.

According to information published on its institutional website, the Government of Equatorial Guinea decided to implement more surveillance cameras in the country.

Sistema Transporte carried out an institutional visit to the Chinese embassy in Brazil. During the meeting, the CNT's executive manager of Governance and Strategic Management, João Guilherme Abrahão, and the analyst from the SEST SENAT Professional Development Management Daniel Deolindo presented the sector's actions and the Transport System's international missions program.

The governor of Goiás, Ronaldo Caiado, officially announces the installation of the Chinese giant Weichai in Itumbiara during a ceremony at Stemac's manufacturing headquarters. This will be Weichai's first unit in Latin America. The installation of Weichai is one of the results of the successful mission to China led by the governor in November last year.

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and Xi Jinping exchanged congratulatory messages on February 8 on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries, which were published on the Portuguese Presidency's website.

Brazil's soybean exports totaled 2.3 million tons in January. The pace of shipments grew significantly when compared to the same period in 2023, when shipments reached 944.3 thousand tons, according to data from the National Association of Exporters (Anec), released on February 7.

China and Brazil have maintained a space cooperation program since 1988. Over these 36 years, the China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite Program (CBERS) has worked to develop, launch and operate a series of satellites intended for Earth observation.

According to Chinese diplomacy, the agreement signed between China and Brazil for the reciprocal granting of visas for up to 10 years for leisure, business or family travel will come into force on February 19.

After the first full year to be represented exclusively by the company CFPT (representation began in January 2023), which is part of the Multimoto group, CFMoto revealed an impressive performance in terms of motorcycle sales.