On the 5th of July, the construction began on a primary school donated by the Chinese company Sinohydro in the rural area of Xangongo, in the Angolan province of Cunene.

The Municipality of Redentora, together with the Brazil-China Health Forum and the Small Farmers Movement (MPA), will promote it on July 10 at the Auditorium of the Municipal Health Secretariat.

The Malawian government signs a partnership agreement with the Chinese company CRCC da China for the continuity of the project to rebuild the railway line, Vila-Nova-da-Fronteira in Mutarara – Tete à Limbe, in Blantyre.

Trading company Cofco International, Rabo Foundation of Dutch bank Rabobank, and Consórcio Cerrado das Águas (CCA) announced the first “impact finance”, which is aimed at water resilience in Brazilian coffee farming on the 5th of July.

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.