The director of the Institute for Supervision and Administration of the Market of Hunan, Qian Junjun, met with the Ambassador of Cape Verde to China, Arlindo do Rosário, who was in Changsha to participate in the 3rd edition of the China-Africa Economic and Commercial Expo (CAETE), to have a deep conversation.

On the 30th of June, Hebei was the destination of the Brazilian delegation formed by 22 representatives from 18 Brazilian institutions. This time, the objective of the meeting was to sign the Hebei-Brazil Alliance, an agreement to guarantee new investments. Under the administration of the provincial government is the host institution, the Hebei Normal University (UNH), which is located in the capital Shijiazhuang.

The Government of Bahia, Brazil, takes another step to modernize its education network. On the morning of the 27th of June, the state secretary of Education, Adélia Pinheiro, the special adviser to the Civil House, Matteus Martins, and the representative of the Chinese technology giant Huawei visited the State Center for Professional Education in Technology, Information, and Communication (CEEPTIC), in Lauro de Freitas.

“Portugal manages to have a projection in the region of Macau that it still can’t have in China. Our presence here is very relevant, it is a signal that we are giving to the issuing market as a whole,” said the representative of Portugal Tourism in China, Tiago Brito, speaking to journalists during the Macau International Travel Expo (MITE), held in Macau from the 30th of June to the 2nd of July.

Brazil expects to complete the deployment of terrestrial metropolitan fiber optic networks in the municipalities along the route of the second section of the Amazon subfluvial cable in August. This section of the project, called Infovía 01, also includes the acquisition and installation of a Wi-Fi access point in each area.

Representatives of the Chinese company China National Machinery Industry Corporation (Sinomach) are in Goiás on the 27th of June to establish commercial partnerships with the Government of Goiás and companies from Goiás.

The Chinese e-commerce multinational Shein will start producing clothing items in Brazil in July. Production will take place at a factory owned by the Brazilian company Coteminas, which signed an agreement with Shein in May, in the municipality of Macaíba, in the state of Rio Grande do Norte. Production will begin mainly with denim products in general and cotton knits.

Mozambican Industry and Commerce Minister Silvino Augusto José Moreno said at the 3rd China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo in Changsha that African countries generally find cooperation with China beneficial and can see the advantages of such cooperation. According to him, Mozambique will continue to deepen cooperation with China.

The port of Vila do Conde became the first port authorized in the state of Pará for the export of corn to China. According to Hidrovias do Brasil, responsible for managing the port, the terminal has an impressive capacity to handle 7.2 million tons of grain annually and there are plans to expand the terminal’s capacity to 8 million tons by next year.

InterCement confirmed, in a statement, on the 27th of June, the conclusion of the agreement for the sale of its cement assets in South Africa and Mozambique. According to the company, the agreement stipulates a value of US$265 million for the business.

With the aim of promoting future commercial and technological exchange focused on the fishing segment, a delegation composed of four members of the Chinese government was received on the afternoon of June 21st of June by the head of the Secretariat for Agricultural Development and Fisheries (Sedap), Giovanni Queiroz,

The Federal Rural University of the Amazon (UFRA) has entered into a scientific partnership with China to develop organic fertilizers in Brazil. The rector of UFRA, Herdjania Veras de Lima, presented details of the agreement to the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Luciana Santos, in a hearing on the 22nd of June.