On October 18, in Luanda, the President of Angola, João Lourenço, discussed the Lobito Refinery construction project during an audience with the CEO of the Chinese state company China National Chemical Engineering (CNCE), Weng Gang.

On October 16, the president of Inmetro, Márcio André Brito, received the director-general of China's National Institute of Metrology (NIM), Fang Xiang, accompanied by his entourage at the Inmetro Campus in Xerém/RJ.

The first China-Portuguese Speaking Countries Economic and Trade Expo (Macao) (C-PLPEX) will be held from the 19th to 22nd October at the Venetian Macao Cotai Expo.

The Bahian delegation in China is expanding trade relations and exchanges with the Chinese. The mayor of Amargosa, Júlio Pinheiro, signed a memorandum of understanding with Wang Yantao, vice-president of Deej World, a food company in the state of Shandong, which has the third largest economy in the country and the largest agricultural production of fruit and vegetables.

Chery has been operating in Brazil since 2009, but made its debut with a representative and since 2017 has had a partnership with Caoa. Now, it wants to bring the Omoda and Jaecoo brands to Brazil on its own.

The online sales platform AliExpress, owned by the Chinese group Alibaba, officially starts operating under the Federal Revenue Service's Remessa Conforme programme on the 15th of October. The company joins a list that includes Amazon, Shopee and Shein.

One thousand 600 tonnes of rice were harvested in the last season from the 25 hectares produced, a fact that encourages the Chinese agricultural company "Olombi Agronegócios", which is exploring the fertile lands of the Matala Irrigated Perimeter, located 180 kilometres east of the city of Lubango, in Huíla province, Angola.

On the evening of 15 October, the governor of Ceará, Elmano de Freitas, took part in the signing of a protocol of intentions between Ceará and Fujian, a Chinese province. The agreement aims to develop human capital, especially young people, in the area of renewable energies through a training programme. The initiative is to be realised through partnerships between the state and Chinese investment companies operating in Ceará.

As a supplier of insulation for transmission lines and substations, China's Shemar is confident of its growth potential in Brazil's power transmission market.

China's Citic Group has shown interest in investing in the recovery of degraded pastures in Brazil, as well as in the chemical, fertiliser and storage sectors. The information was released on 9 October in a statement by the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, following a meeting between Minister Carlos Fávaro and the Group's president, Hexin Zhu, among other Chinese representatives.

The Chargé d'Affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Guinea-Bissau, Dong Minchuan, said that the Chinese government is willing to work with the Guinean government to further strengthen mutually beneficial co-operation in all fields, in order to help jointly write a new chapter in a new type of international relations with practical actions.

Angola's national air carrier, TAAG Angola Airlines, announced on October 10 its plans to order four wide-body Boeing 787 aircraft for its fleet, according to a press release issued by the company.