The president of the Board of Directors of the Brazil Steel Institute, Jefferson de Paula, said that China now accounts for 52.2% of Brazil’s total steel imports in the first half of this year. From January to June, the import volume from China stood at 1.1 million tons, while the total import volume is 2.2 million tons.

The Chinese Kinlong Hardware Products will relocate all operations of Cifial, a manufacturer of taps and ceramics, in a single industrial center, where it is investing in new equipment, process efficiency and new products.

On the 14th of July, the Brazilian city of Pouso Alegre and the Chinese XCMG Group signed a protocol of intentions that expects the expansion of the company in the city.

Connecting the World for a Shared Future: This is the theme of the first edition of the China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE). Held in São Paulo on the 12th of July, the CISCE Promotion Roadshow welcomed Brazilian authorities and entrepreneurs interested in learning about the opportunities of the fair.

Grande ABC, a traditionally industrial region in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, could gain new automakers. The ABC Metalworkers’ Union announced the signing of a protocol of intentions with representatives of the Chinese companies Beijing Peak Automotive and Chery, which would be willing to produce electric buses, among other vehicles in this region.

On the 13th of July, the Government of Rio Grande do Norte received the Sino-Brazilian mission that comes to know and validate the areas where agricultural machinery manufactured in China. The visit is the result of the memorandum of understanding signed during the trip of Governor Fátima Bezerra and secretaries of state to China between the 11th and 19th of April this year.

Journalists from the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP), participants in a training seminar in Beijing (China), took a sightseeing tour of the Great Wall of China, one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World, on the 16th of July.

On the 13th of July, the Brazilian city of Aracaju formalized a partnership with the Chinese city of Yantai, in a ceremony held in the capital of Sergipe.

Between the 26th of June and the 7th of July, the Federal University of Lavras (UFLA), through its rector, Professor João Chrysostomo, went on an academic and scientific mission to China to strengthen academic ties between Brazil and China.

For three weeks, 17 students from Beijing Normal University are in Coimbra, Portugal, for a program carried out in partnership between the Faculties of Letters, Law and Economics of the University of Coimbra (UC).

On the 7th of July, the governor of Amapá, Clécio Luís, visited the water desalination system with Chinese technology in João Câmara, Rio Grande do Norte, in Brazil.

A contract with Chinese clothing retailer Shein for the lease of 135,000 square meters at the GLP Guarulhos II project area, 18 kilometers from São Paulo, was closed between the logistics condominium company GLP and the Chinese clothing retailer Shein.