Antaisolar, a Chinese supplier of photovoltaic equipment based in Xiamen, announced the signing of an agreement to supply 187 MW of solar trackers for a solar energy project developed by Cemig in Minas Gerais. The equipment serves to change the position of the photovoltaic panels throughout the day, maximizing the incidence of solar rays.

Procurement data was presented by officials from the National Procurement Commission (CNA) of Timor Leste at a seminar on infrastructure, where they detailed data on the nationalities of the companies to which contracts were awarded.

On the 18th of March, the mayor of Aparecida de Goiânia, Vilmar Mariano, honored the inauguration of Comazi Máquinas e Equipamentos. The company will sell tractors and other agricultural machines of the Chinese brand YTO.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Communities of Guinea-Bissau, Suzi Carla Barbosa, said on the 17th of March, that the inauguration of the Fish Processing and Conservation Unit is the realization of government’s objectives, which has an enormous impact both on the economy of the country and at the social level.

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.