According to data from the Ministry of Economy of Minas Gerais, of the total exported by state companies between January and November this year, 153.7 million tons were sent abroad, of which 104.8 million tons were sent to China, an increase of 9.6% compared to 95.6 million tons in 2021.

On the 27th of December, Petrobras announced that it had signed a contract for an integrated natural gas processing system with the Chinese company CNOOC Petroleum (CNOOC).

The first of the 18 vehicles that Metro do Porto ordered from the Chinese manufacturer CRRC Tangshan arrived in Leixões on the 22nd of December and is now in the workshops of Guifões. The rest of the trains will arrive next year with an average of one or two per month.

Chinese fast-fashion retailer Shein plans to open five pop-up shops, namely temporary stores, in Brazil next year. The cities in which the shops will be opened have not been confirmed by the e-commerce company, nor the opening dates or how long the shops will remain open.

The Minas Gerais’ Investment and Foreign Trade Promotion Agency (Invest Minas), the Municipality of Pouso Alegre, the Commerce Bureau of Xuzhou and the XCMG Group in China, signed on the 20th of December a partnership that strengthens the attraction of more investment and jobs for the population of Minas Gerais.

The short video app Kwai will launch in January in Brazil a new type of native, dynamic and personalized advertisements. The novelty is called Dynamic Product Ads and allows the advertiser to register a catalogue with thousands of products. Depending on the user’s navigation history on Kwai, he will see a different featured product.

The Chinese ambassador to São Tomé and Príncipe, Xu YingZhen, on the 22nd of December handed the Minister of Health of São Tomé and Príncipe, Célsio Junqueira, a batch of medical-hospital materials, as part of Chinese aid to the project to fight malaria.

The Brazilian social commerce platform Facily has entered into a partnership with Cainiao, the logistics arm of the Chinese giant Alibaba, which expands the possibilities for withdrawing purchases from customers. With the agreement, the company now has 1,000 Cainiao Smart Lockers.

With more than four million residents, the most populous region of São Paulo will also have a BYD Brazil dealership. Östen Group has been appointed as the brand’s new partner in the country and will open, in the first half of 2023, a unit in the traditional neighbourhood of Tatuapé.

Lotti Nolika, governor of Huambo Province, in central Angola, made a speech on the 15th of December during a working visit with the Chinese ambassador to Angola, Gong Tao, at a training center donated by the Chinese in Huambo Province. She said Chinese private investments are welcome in central Angola to boost regional socio-economic development.

The electric SUVs Seres 5 EVR and Seres 3 from Chinese car brand Seres will land in Brazil in February 2023. In parallel, the brand will also bring two electric light commercial vehicles to Brazil: the EC31 truck and the EC35 van – both manufactured by Chinese DFSK Motor, the partner of Seres. They will be commercialized from the first quarter of 2023.

Last week, the People’s Republic of China sent Liu Yuxi, the diplomat responsible for cooperation with Africa, for meetings with the governments of African countries.