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.

The vice-president of the Republic, Geraldo Alckmin stated on the 23rd of October, at the Annual Conference of the Brazil-China Business Council (CEBC), in São Paulo, that the most prosperous partnership is that between Brazil and China, and highlighted the Asian country as Brazil's most important trading partner today.

The Mozambican prime minister will represent the country at the third International Cooperation Forum under China's Belt and Road Initiative, which kicked off on the 17th of October and runs until the 23rd.

In celebration of one year of activity in Brazil, the Chinese streaming platform China Zone brings together film critics, experts and Brazilian producers and fans of oriental content at an event in Rio de Janeiro, on October 20th. In addition to an exclusive chat about “Fantastic Realism in Cinema”, the first episode of the series “Três Corpos”, subtitled in Portuguese, was shown exclusively.

A delegation from the Chinese company Ningxia Eppen, a manufacturer of human, animal and plant nutrition products, came to Mato Grosso on 18 October to prospect for business with an interest in investing in the state.

Retailer Shein has now reached 336 partner suppliers for its local production strategy to serve the Brazilian market. In response to the government's later abandoned plan to tax international shipments of parcels under US$50, the company has committed to having 2,000 manufacturing partners in Brazil and investing R$750 million over a three-year period.

At the opening of the Seminar on Building the Community of Shared Future for Humanity and the Three Global Initiatives Proposed by China, held on October 18, the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Guinea-Bissau, Guo Ce, expressed China's interest in cooperating with the country in the various fields,