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.

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.