Young people from 49 countries on the African continent, including Mozambique, exchange experiences at the 7th China-Africa Youth Festival, which runs until the 23rd of April in China and whose opening ceremony took place on the 18th of April in Beijing.

A Center for Science and Technology Exchange and Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries will be inaugurated in July this year in Hengqin, revealed António Lei, Director of the Economic Development Bureau of the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Co-cooperation Zone in Hengqin, in Lisbon on the 19th of April.

Tevx Motors, the Brazilian subsidiary of the Chinese Higer Bus, announced on the 17th of April that it will supply 15 Azure electric buses, 13 standard and 2 articulated, for the city of Cascavel, in Paraná. With that, Cascavel becomes the first city in southern Brazil to have the market’s most modern electric bus fleet.

On the 13th of April, the Chinese ambassador to Portugal, Zhao Bentang, accompanied by Xia Xiaoling, economic and commercial adviser, visited the municipality of Sines.

The Industrial and Port Complex of Pecém and the State of Ceará signed agreements with Chinese companies SPIC and Mingyang Smart Energy Group about renewable energy, green fuels and wind turbines projects, according to an announcement made by the Brazilian government on the 14th of April.

Brazilian internet service provider Unifique hired China’s Zhongxing Telecom Equipment (ZTE) as supplier for its 5G network in the south of the country. ZTE is a Chinese telecommunications company that manufactures and services networking solutions and mobile devices worldwide.

On the 14th of April, the container ship MSC TESSA set an all-time record when it called at the Port of Sines in Portugal during its maiden voyage.

On the 14th of April, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock of Brazil and the General Administration of Customs of the Republic of China established a protocol on sanitary and quarantine requirements that must be followed by Brazilian establishments in the production of processed protein from terrestrial animals. With this, the Asian country opens a new market for the export of Brazilian products.

BYD is the largest Chinese manufacturer of electric vehicles, which, after establishing its position in its country of origin, is now preparing to enter the European market with force. Its presence in Portugal is still awaiting the definition of the last details, but the Observer found that everything will be finalized in the first days of May.

According to data from the statistical office of the Ministry of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services, consulted on the 12th of April by Lusa, exports of products from Brazil to China rose from more than US$41 billion in 2012 to US$89.4 billion last year, with iron ore and soy occupying the first two places, followed by oil, and together they are worth 75% of Brazilian exports to this country.

According to the official newspaper Nanfang Daily, the Guangdong Provincial Tax Service launched on the 13th of April the first series of tax guides for investment in Portuguese-speaking countries.

Midea, one of the largest domestic appliance manufacturers in the world and leader in air conditioning equipment, launched in Pouso Alegre, in the south of Minas Gerais, Brazil, the works of its first 100%-owned plant in Brazil.