The mayor of Aracaju, Edvaldo Nogueira, received, on the 12th of June, the acting consul general of China in Recife, Wang Ke, and the vice-consul, He Yongwei. At the meeting, they also discussed how the visit of the delegation from the Chinese city of Yantai, which will be in the capital in July, when the Sister Cities Agreement will be celebrated, will take place. Aracaju will be the first Brazilian city to sign this agreement with the Chinese city.

An agreement that will make possible what will perhaps be the biggest investment to be made in the country between 2023 and 2026 and with the potential to generate 10,000 jobs for Mozambicans was signed on the 14th of June, in Maputo by the Minister of Industry and Commerce, Silvino Moreno, and the company Eternal Tsingshan.

On the 13th of June, the Minister of Mines and Energy of Brazil, Alexandre Silveira, received the Counselor of Huawei Brazil and directors of the company in Brazil. During the meeting, Huawei representatives made a presentation about the company and its interest in investments in Brazil, especially in the areas of energy, mining, oil, gas and energy transition.

On the 12th of June, Turismo de Portugal launched a mini-program accessible from WeChat, a Chinese application that works as a social network and digital portfolio, aimed at promoting Portuguese gastronomy, sights or festivities in the Chinese market.

China imported 34.432 million tons of soybeans from Brazil until May 2023. According to data from the Foreign Trade Secretariat (Secex) of the Ministry of Economy, the volume is 20% higher than the 28.741 million tons in 2022. The country is the largest buyer of Brazilian oilseed, accounting for 70.23% of the volume so far.

The president of Banco do Nordeste (BNB), Paulo Câmara, received, on the 7th of June, at the bank’s headquarters, a visit from representatives of the Chinese Consulate and executives from the Chinese group CGN Brazil Energy.

The first magazine in Portuguese completely dedicated to Chinese culture, Via do Meio, launched by the daily newspaper Hoje Macau, will be available in September in Portugal.

The secretary of SEDRAF-RN, Alexandre Lima lined up the testing of agricultural machinery in rice and corn fields in the fertile Apodi Valley.

On the 7th of June, in Itaitinga of Brazil, the new factory of Eletra Energy Solutions, a company of the Chinese group Hexing, was inaugurated. About 100 new jobs should be created in the first year of operation. The new unit, which had an initial investment of around R$ 17 million, will produce ultrasonic electronic water meters to serve the sanitation market.

Organized by the Belt and Road Initiative Tax Academy of Macao and coordinated by the tax authorities of Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin of the State Taxation Administration, the on-site course on tax matters will be held between the 6th and 15th of June at the Complex for Commerce and Trade Cooperation Platform bewteen China and Portuguese-speaking Countrie

The operator specializing in Internet of Things (IoT) NLT Telecom and China Mobile International (CMI) have entered into a partnership in the Brazilian market for the establishment of private networks, initially alongside the segment of regional providers.

Sonangol and the China National Chemical Engineering Company (CNCEC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the 6th of June in Beijing for the construction of the Lobito Refinery in Benguela.