ViniPortugal, the Interprofessional Wine Association, in order to identify new business opportunities for Portuguese producers and increase the knowledge and notoriety of the Wines of Portugal brand in the Chinese market, will organize a series of initiatives to promote the brand in China throughout the month of November.

The University of Coimbra (UC), together with the University of Macau (UM), has set up a laboratory aimed at studying cognitive ageing and responding to the needs generated by increased life expectancy

Brazil's tyre imports increased by 28% in the first nine months of 2023, reaching US$1.4 billion, compared to the same period last year. According to data released by the Secretariat of Foreign Trade, China is one of the main countries exporting tyres to Brazil, with a 38% share and a volume of US$141 million.

With a focus on promoting and expanding business, entrepreneurs from the forest-based sector in Mato Grosso will participate on the 21st and 22nd of November at the 2023 Global Legal & Sustainable Timber Forum, in Macau, China. The president of the Center for Wood Producing and Exporting Industries of Mato Grosso (Cipem), Ednei Blasius, leads the business delegation.

On 30 October, the government of Bahia, Brazil, announced a partnership with the Chinese company Goldwind Energia Renováveis to manufacture wind turbines. The factory is expected to start operating in March 2024.

Fórum Oceano and the Portugal-China Chamber of Commerca & Industry have signed a memorandum of understanding with the aim of strengthening the Chamber of Commerce's experience and knowledge of the blue economy and, in return, giving Fórum Oceano access to the Chinese market.

On 2 and 3 November, the Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal (IPS) will host the Sino-Portuguese Forum on Cooperation and Development in Vocational and Higher Education, which will bring to Portugal a delegation from the Chinese region of Tianjin, including representatives from the Municipal People's Government, the Municipal Education Commission, the Academy of Education Sciences and the Vocational School of Mechanics and Electricity.

Governor Rafael Fonteles of Piauí, Brazil, after business meetings with state and Chinese businessmen, signed three Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) with the Fujian Government in Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian province in China.

This year's Exhibition of Illustrated Works in Chinese and Portuguese in Macau, with the participation of more than 30 bookshops and publishers, includes talks, workshops and family reading sessions, announced the Macau Cultural Institute (IC).

The State University of Mato Grosso (Unemat) and the Sichuan University of Science and Engineering (SUSE) in China signed a cooperation agreement on 24 October in Cuiabá, Brazil.

The mayor of Viseu, Fernando Ruas, recently received a delegation from the Chinese Embassy in Portugal at the Town Hall.

Brazilian mining company Vale, the world's largest iron producer and exporter, revealed on the 27th of October that it is optimistic about the demand for products from China, its main market, and confident in Brazil's ability to export better quality iron.