The mayor of Viseu, Fernando Ruas, recently received a delegation from the Chinese Embassy in Portugal at the Town Hall.

Brazilian mining company Vale, the world's largest iron producer and exporter, revealed on the 27th of October that it is optimistic about the demand for products from China, its main market, and confident in Brazil's ability to export better quality iron.

AliExpress has reduced the number of flights it charters to Brazil, compared to last year, for the so-called "Singles' Day" period in November, a festive date in the Chinese calendar marked by strong promotions from retailers, Briza Bueno, the company's director for the country, said on the 26th of October.

In a partnership that will bring Brazilian brands to supermarket shelves in China, Sete Partners, a Brazilian consultancy with experience in complex markets, has just created a joint venture with Tianjin Food, a Chinese food distribution giant.

Mozambique wants to take advantage of China's experience so that it can industrialise the country based on investments made in agriculture.

The Chinese company Solinteg has launched its Integ M series 3-50 kW hybrid energy storage inverters for the Brazilian photovoltaic market, aimed at residential and C&I (Commercial and Industrial) applications.

The Bank of Communications of China and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) jointly granted the first cross-border commercial loan in renminbi (RMB) to the Brazilian market, for a total value of 1.3 billion RMB ($117 .6 million).

Angolan state oil company Sonangol signed on October 20th with the Chinese company CNCEC the contract for the construction of the Lobito Refinery in the province of Benguela, a global investment valued at 6 billion dollars.

The governor of Piauí Rafael Fonteles signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish an international office for Piauí in China, within the BRICS Center. In addition to partnerships between China and Brasil, the idea is to promote the exchange of information and experiences, as well as economic and commercial cooperation between China and Piauí.

A leading chinese multinational in the African infrastructure construction market intends to build two new terminals at the port of Beira, in the province of Sofala, to increase its freight handling capacity.

The governor of Piauí, Rafael Fonteles, presented an agenda with representatives of the China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), and its subsidiary, China Communication Trading & Supply Co. Ltda. (CCTSC), a project that aims to build an intermodal to connect the Cerrado region to the coast of Piauí.

Chapecó, in the west of Santa Catarina, Brazil, received on the 23rd of October a Chinese mission that is interested in business in the food sector. The CEO of ECC Entreprise Limited and executive director were at City Hall, accompanied by two representatives from the Brazil-China Chamber of Commerce and Industry.