The Minister of the Civil House, Rui Costa, presented on October 11th at a seminar organized by the Brazilian Association of Chinese Companies (ABEC) and the Bank of China in Brazil the various possibilities for Chinese investors to participate in the works and projects of the new PAC.

On the 9th of October, a meeting took place at the Consulate General of China in Rio de Janeiro, located in the capital of Rio de Janeiro, with the purpose of building an alliance between CBPM and Chinese mining companies.

From 12 to 25 October, at the invitation of the Chinese Consulate, the Rio de Janeiro Municipal Secretary for Work and Income, Everton Gomes, and the president of the City Planetarium Foundation, Renan Uccelli, will take part in a seminar on the development and application of technologies in the aerospace industry. During this time, a co-operation and exchange agreement between the Rio Planetarium and the Beijing Planetarium will be officially signed.

In the context of strengthening cooperation between Angola and China, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Esmeralda Mendonça, received the Chargé d'Affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Luanda, Chen Feng, on 3 October.

The president of Brazil's National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI), Júlio César Moreira, and the commissioner of China's National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), Shen Changyu, met on 11 October in Beijing to discuss IP cooperation between the two institutions.

From this month, Hisense, the Chinese home appliance company, will be selling its products at Fast Shop, one of the main premium retail chains in Brazil, with high-end products sold exclusively through e-commerce, in addition to the white goods line, with refrigerators, washing machines, tumble dryers and dishwashers, which can already be found at other retailers.

On 9 October, the vice-governor of São Paulo, Felício Ramuth, received a Chinese delegation led by the vice-governor of Shandong province, Li Wei. The meeting took place at the Palácio dos Bandeirantes and aimed to strengthen relations between the province and the state of São Paulo.

Portugal will be promoting tourism in China between April and May next year, announced the Portuguese Secretary of State for Tourism, Trade and Services, Nuno Fazenda, during a visit to Macau in September.

Turnover between China and Mozambique has reached more than 27 billion dollars in the last 10 years. The figures were released during the celebration of the 74th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

The exhibition "A Milenar Arte Chinesa" opened on 4 October at the "Fausto Castilho" Rare Works Library (BORA). The exhibition features 93 pieces from the collection of historical works by Rogério Cerqueira Leite, Professor Emeritus at Unicamp and current Chairman of the Board of the National Centre for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM). The exhibition is open until 24 November.

Brazilian beef exports to China in September 2023 totalled 132,100 tonnes, the second highest figure of the year behind June (135,400 tonnes).

In 2022, Portugal bought a total of 54 million pairs of shoes from abroad, 9 million more than in 2021. And it paid 704 million euros for them, which represents a growth of 20 per cent in quantity and 33.7 per cent in value. The majority came from Spain, but China came in second place among the main markets of origin, overtaking France, Belgium and Germany in a single year.