The “Chinese speed” that turns a business idea into a commercial reality is greatly facilitating fruitful China-Brazil cooperation in new and advanced materials, said Rogério Ribas, head of battery products at Companhia Brasileira de Metalurgia e Mineração (Brazilian Metallurgy and Mining Company). CBMM), in a recent interview with Xinhua.

The Centro Universitário Fundação Assis Gurgacz (FAG) is in the process of studying a technical-scientific partnership with the electric bus manufacturer Higer Bus.

The National Youth Council of Angola signed on the 15th of May in Rizhao, China, a cooperation project with Shandong Yufeng Aviation Technology for training and internships for Angolan students, whose implementation starts at the end of this month.

On the 16th of May, the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China in Guinea-Bissau, Gu Ce, announced that in the future, his country will continue to develop cooperation in the health and medical sectors with Guinea-Bissau, through donations of medicines, hospital supplies, training of cadres, establishment of counterpart hospital mechanisms, promoting health and well-being for the Guinean people.

The Portuguese State will acquire, for 825,000 euros, a Chinese porcelain gomil (narrow-mouthed jar) from the beginning of the 16th century, which will be incorporated into the collection of the National Museum of Ancient Art (MNAA), the Ministry of Culture (MC) announced on the 17th of May. The acquisition will be made through the Commission for the Acquisition of Works of Art for National Museums and Palaces, created this year.

On the 17th of May, Petrobras announced that it had identified the presence of hydrocarbons in the pre-salt of the Santos Basin in an exploratory extension well in the Aram block. The well 3-BRSA-1387D-SPS is located 260km from the city of Santos-SP at a water depth of 1,979 meters.

The Instituto Mato-Grossense da Carne (Imac) signed a cooperation agreement to promote sustainable initiatives in Mato Grosso with the Tianjin Meat Industry Association, seeking to strengthen the sustainable Brazil-China beef trade with traceability, certification and financial mechanisms for better access to the market.

Zhao Bentang, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China in Portugal, accompanied by Xia Xiaoling, Economic and Commercial Counselor at the Embassy, Bernardo Mendia, Secretary General of the Portugal-China Chamber of Commerce & Industry and President of Portugal-Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce and Industry visited Albufeira.

Rio Grande do Norte will be the second state in Brazil to have a Gem Certification Laboratory. The information was highlighted by the president of the Union of the Extraction of Base Metals and Non-Metallic Minerals of RN (SINDIMINERAIS), Mário Tavares.

Great Wall Motors has just opened 32 points of sale of the brand in shopping centers in 14 states of Brazil. It is possible to get to know the three versions (Premium HEV, Premium PHEV, and GT) of the hybrid SUV Haval H6 up close and perform test drives in these points of sale.

On the 16th of May, China donated to the Agostinho Neto University Hospital (HUAN), in the city of Praia, around PTE 4,000 worth of hospital equipment to reinforce the improvement of the maternity service and the central operating room.

On the 15th of May, China Telecom do Brasil (CTB), the Brazilian subsidiary of China’s telecom giant, announced the launch of eSurfing Cloud services in Brazil.