Mário Barbosa, Professor Emeritus at the University of Porto, retired full professor at the Abel Salazar Institute of Biomedical Sciences (ICBAS) and researcher at the University of Porto's Institute of Health Research and Innovation (i3S), was recently honoured with the title of "Qiushi Guest Professor" by Zhejiang University in China. This is the highest honour awarded by this university to foreign researchers.

Federal deputy Zeca Dirceu stated on the 28th of November that three more slaughterhouses in Paraná may be authorized to sell chicken meat to China: Dip Frangos, from Capanema; Jaguafrangos Food Industry and Commerce, from Jaguapitã; and Gonçalves & Tortola de Maringá.

BYD, the Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer, is going to reinforce the Ministry of Health's fleet with 53 units of the Atto 3 model. The public tender launched in the second half of the year and mediated by SPMS (Shared Services of the Ministry of Health) ended with the acquisition of 53 BYD vehicles that will be delivered by December 2023.

According to information from a study conducted by the company Canalys, the Chinese company Realme was the smartphone brand that grew the most in sales in Brazil in the second half of 2023. The study points out that Realme recorded 151% growth on Brazilian soil in the period analyzed.

The announcement of the new Omoda and Jaecoo factory with investments for production in Brazil will be made in January by the company's CEO, Shawn XU, who is vice president of Chery Global. The goal is to start production of the vehicles in 2025.

China Mobile's international division expanded its office in Brazil to a new unit in the Avenida Paulista region, opened on the 24th of November, in a strategy that aims to establish a better relationship with local operators to serve international customers, in addition to studying the possibility of an MVNO to serve local telecommunications consumption.

The president of Rio's city council, Eduardo Paes, participated on the 23rd of November, in the delivery of works to improve Valongo Wharf. Valongo was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2017.

The business association Nersant received at its headquarters in Torres Novas, a delegation of Chinese businesspeople interested in investing in Ribatejo who are in Portugal looking for investment opportunities in the region.

The Government of Minas Gerais strengthened ties with the Chinese province of Jiangxi during a meeting held on the morning of 21 November at the headquarters of the Minas Gerais Development Bank (BDMG).

China has sold 37,612 electric cars to Brazil since 2017, when vehicles of this type began to be imported by Brazilians. The figure represents 54% of the total number of electric cars traded (69,633), according to data from Brazil's Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services.

The Minister of Public Health of Guinea-Bissau, Domingos Malu, has announced that the government of the People's Republic of China will continue to send missions of Chinese doctors to support the government of Guinea-Bissau in the fight to boost the national health system.

China's Beijing Dabeinong Technology Group Co Ltd said on 22 November that Brazil has approved the planting of its genetically modified herbicide-tolerant soybeans.