On the 5th of July, Xiaomi announced an event to inaugurate its first official kiosks in Belo Horizonte (MG). The Chinese manufacturer’s goal is to expand its presence in the Brazilian market with new sales points in malls and increase public access to the brand’s network of physical stores in a new region.

An investment of about US$200 million may soon be applied in the province of Bengo, Angola, for the construction of an aluminum factory. For this purpose, an agreement was signed between Angolan company Sino Ord Park Industrial and China’s O.T.International, witnessed by the governor of Bengo, Maria Antónia Nelumba, at the 3rd China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo, which was held in Hunan province.

Syngenta, Swiss multinational with Chinese capital and leader in the development of technologies for the agricultural market around the world, announced on July 3rd the acquisition of Feltrin Sementes, a company that is a reference in vegetable seeds in South America.

The deputy mayor of Limeira, Erika Tank, the secretary of Development, Tourism and Innovation, Tito Almirall and the councilor Lemão da Jehovah Rafá were received on the 5th of July by the consul general of the People’s Republic of China in São Paulo, Chen Peijie.

The Chinese company CALB (China Aviation Lithium Battery Technology), the sixth largest producer of batteries for electric cars in the world, has advanced with a contract to reserve 90 hectares in Sines for the installation of a battery factory in Portugal, according to “Público” , quoting the president of the Portuguese Agency for Investment and Foreign Trade (AICEP), Filipe Santos Costa.

Chinese automaker BYD has announced a partnership with Brazilian transportation company by the 99 app to offer 300 electric cars to partner drivers who run in the city of São Paulo. The vehicles will be available before October and the monthly rental cost should reach R$5,500. To encourage leasing, 99 will give a R$2,000 subsidy to interested parties.

On the 3rd of July, the president of Brazil, Lula da Silva, inaugurated the first stage of the West-East Integration Railroad (FIOL) works in the city of Ilhéus, in the state of Bahia.

The Chinese automobile company, BYD, made official the purchase of a Ford automobile plant in Camaçari in the state of Bahia on the 4th of July. The announcement ceremony, which took place in the capital of Bahia, was attended by Governor Jerônimo Rodrigues and top executives of the Chinese automaker.

The director of the Institute for Supervision and Administration of the Market of Hunan, Qian Junjun, met with the Ambassador of Cape Verde to China, Arlindo do Rosário, who was in Changsha to participate in the 3rd edition of the China-Africa Economic and Commercial Expo (CAETE), to have a deep conversation.

On the 30th of June, Hebei was the destination of the Brazilian delegation formed by 22 representatives from 18 Brazilian institutions. This time, the objective of the meeting was to sign the Hebei-Brazil Alliance, an agreement to guarantee new investments. Under the administration of the provincial government is the host institution, the Hebei Normal University (UNH), which is located in the capital Shijiazhuang.

The Government of Bahia, Brazil, takes another step to modernize its education network. On the morning of the 27th of June, the state secretary of Education, Adélia Pinheiro, the special adviser to the Civil House, Matteus Martins, and the representative of the Chinese technology giant Huawei visited the State Center for Professional Education in Technology, Information, and Communication (CEEPTIC), in Lauro de Freitas.

“Portugal manages to have a projection in the region of Macau that it still can’t have in China. Our presence here is very relevant, it is a signal that we are giving to the issuing market as a whole,” said the representative of Portugal Tourism in China, Tiago Brito, speaking to journalists during the Macau International Travel Expo (MITE), held in Macau from the 30th of June to the 2nd of July.