The vast experience of Chinese companies in the production of various foods, which use chicken as raw material, should be used by Angola to encourage investment in the sector, given the challenges of economic diversification, revealed the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, António Francisco de Assis, in Beijing, China.

On the 19th of July, the Government of Paraíba signed a Cooperation Agreement with the company Dahua Technology in China, which aims to complement and improve research and teaching in the areas of Information Technology, Big Data Traffic Management and Smart Classrooms.

On the 17th of July, the rector of the Federal Institute of Paraíba, Mary Roberta Meira Marinho, fulfilled the first day of an institutional visit to China, where she held meetings at the Brazilian consulate and at Jiao Tong University where she reported the interest in establishing partnerships and participating in the development of the Bingo International Scientific Project.

Chinese investment in Portugal is key to the country’s rapid economic recovery and to a steady improvement in the livelihood of Portuguese citizens, said Fernando Ferreira, chairman of the Portugal-China Parliamentary Friendship Group (PCPFG), at a lunch meeting that brought together representatives of Portuguese and Chinese business communities.

The president of the Board of Directors of the Brazil Steel Institute, Jefferson de Paula, said that China now accounts for 52.2% of Brazil’s total steel imports in the first half of this year. From January to June, the import volume from China stood at 1.1 million tons, while the total import volume is 2.2 million tons.

The Chinese Kinlong Hardware Products will relocate all operations of Cifial, a manufacturer of taps and ceramics, in a single industrial center, where it is investing in new equipment, process efficiency and new products.

On the 14th of July, the Brazilian city of Pouso Alegre and the Chinese XCMG Group signed a protocol of intentions that expects the expansion of the company in the city.

Connecting the World for a Shared Future: This is the theme of the first edition of the China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE). Held in São Paulo on the 12th of July, the CISCE Promotion Roadshow welcomed Brazilian authorities and entrepreneurs interested in learning about the opportunities of the fair.

Grande ABC, a traditionally industrial region in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, could gain new automakers. The ABC Metalworkers’ Union announced the signing of a protocol of intentions with representatives of the Chinese companies Beijing Peak Automotive and Chery, which would be willing to produce electric buses, among other vehicles in this region.

On the 13th of July, the Government of Rio Grande do Norte received the Sino-Brazilian mission that comes to know and validate the areas where agricultural machinery manufactured in China. The visit is the result of the memorandum of understanding signed during the trip of Governor Fátima Bezerra and secretaries of state to China between the 11th and 19th of April this year.

Journalists from the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP), participants in a training seminar in Beijing (China), took a sightseeing tour of the Great Wall of China, one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World, on the 16th of July.

On the 13th of July, the Brazilian city of Aracaju formalized a partnership with the Chinese city of Yantai, in a ceremony held in the capital of Sergipe.