In 2022, Portugal bought a total of 54 million pairs of shoes from abroad, 9 million more than in 2021. And it paid 704 million euros for them, which represents a growth of 20 per cent in quantity and 33.7 per cent in value. The majority came from Spain, but China came in second place among the main markets of origin, overtaking France, Belgium and Germany in a single year.

Responsible for implementing GWM's Commercial Operation in Brazil, Oswaldo Ramos visited Grupo ND, on the 4th of October, and brought news of the Chinese company's operations in the State.

Three Mozambican students are on their way to China, where they will spend six years studying medicine at the University of South China.

The Bank of China made history in bilateral trade between China and Brazil by carrying out the first complete transaction in local currency for Brazilian companies.

Minister Luciana Santos, from the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation of Brazil, received on September 25th, in Brasília, representatives from Kuaishou Negócios Internacionais, the company responsible for applying KWAI short videos, and the XieXie–Brazil China institute. The entities' objective was to present training and income generation projects using the application.

Macau will mark in October the centenary of the birth of the Macanese writer Henrique de Senna Fernandes with several activities to reinforce knowledge "about the territory's Sino-Lusophone culture and literature," announced the Cultural Institute.

On the morning of the 28th of September, Brazil's National Land Transportation Agency (ANTT) held the International Technical Experience Programme (PETI) Workshop, which focused on management issues and infrastructure projects.

The Chinese car manufacturer BYD will lay the foundation stone for its factory in Bahia on the 9th of October and is planning to start production by the end of 2024, a company representative in Brazil said on the 28th of September.

Diário de Macau, one of the main newspapers in the Macau SAR, has teamed up with the Global Media Group in Portugal to introduce Chinese culture in Portuguese.

The Mozambican President, Filipe Nyusi, inaugurated on the 28th of September, in Maputo the Mozambique-China Cultural Center, the second largest of its kind built by Chinese contractors in Africa, with 20 thousand square meters.

One of the largest utilities companies in the southern region of Brazil, Casa China will have its first unit in Maringá, a Brazilian municipality. The opening will be on the 5th of October.

After representatives of a Chinese state-owned company showed interest in carrying out studies on Metro Line 3, the State Secretariat for Transport and Urban Mobility (Setram) announced that it will publish a call for tenders for the feasibility study of new metro road expansions in the next few days.