China is buying corn from Brazil’s second crop in advance at a time when producers have not even finished sowing the cereal in the world’s third-largest producer of the commodity.

The new Metro do Porto carriage made in China arrived in Portugal in February. Now, it is being tested so that it can enter circulation, guaranteeing all safety standards.

With the aim of strengthening the partnership between Empresa Brasil de Comunicação (EBC) and the China Media Group (CMG) and strengthening relations with the country, the director-president of EBC, Hélio Doyle, received on the 17th of March the president of CMG Latin America, Zhu Boying.

Mota-Engil won the contract to refurbish and equip the Luanda Naval Base, which belongs to the Angolan Navy, for a total value of US$72.2 million (67.8 million euros), authorized by presidential order. Mota-Engil’s shareholder is China Communications Construction Company Limited.

Last year, Haitong Bank tripled profits, which reached €11.2 million, the bank announced on the 14th of March. In a statement, Haitong Bank – formerly BES Investimento, which was acquired by Haitong Securities Co., Ltd. in 2015 – reveals that taking into account the 3.6 million reached in 2021, the net result achieved confirms the consistency of positive results in the difficult period 2020-2022.

“We are very interested in establishing and strengthening cooperation and partnerships in fisheries and aquaculture with China,” said André de Paula, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture of Brazil, in an exclusive interview with Xinhua.

On the 15th of March, the seminar “Chinese Modernization and New Opportunities in Sino-Brazilian Relations” was held in Brasilia, which was organized by China Media Group (CMG) Latin America, Grupo Bandeirantes de Comunicação and the Lula Institute.

The Rio de Janeiro Section of the Brazilian Franchising Association (ABF Rio) has signed a Memorandum of Mutual Collaboration, with the Brazil-China Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIBC), to facilitate the going of Brazilian franchising companies to expand business in China, as well as the coming and staying of Chinese franchisers in Brazil.

Following the EDP’s capital increase of 1 billion, which generated the issue of 218.34 million new shares, the electricity company informed the market on the 14th of March that its major shareholder, China Three Gorges, subscribed 45,755,458 shares representing approximately 1.09% of EDP’s share capital.

By June, the Chinese electric bus maker Higer Bus will be preparing to deliver its first 50 units of the Azure A12BR vehicles, sold to municipalities in São Paulo.

YuanTech Solar, a Chinese photovoltaic panel manufacturer, announced its first shipment to the Brazilian market on the 10th of March, after obtaining INMETRO certification earlier this year. Highly efficient, the YTM550P-72/M modules, which are being marketed in Brazil, will be used in local photovoltaic projects of a commercial and industrial nature.

On the 13th of March, CGN Brasil held a ceremony to receive the equipment at the Tanque Novo Wind Complex. The company also confirmed the opening date of the Tanque Novo wind farm for next April. The event was attended by Elbia Gannoum, CEO of ABEEÓLICA, Carlos Tsubake, Commercial Director of Enseada and Fang Likui, President of CGN Brasil.