The General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China (GACC) has recently made available in its system the sanitary certificate template applicable to Brazilian exports of frozen fruit pulp and fruits.

Chinese President Xi Jinping recently congratulated Carlos Vila Nova on his re-election as President of São Tomé and Príncipe.

China’s Ambassador to Cabo Verde, Zhang Yang, recently stated that China seeks to deepen agricultural co-operation with Cabo Verde, building on the results achieved through the Cabo Verde - FAO-China South-South Cooperation Programme, which aims to strengthen food and nutrition security in the archipelago.

The University of Madeira (UMa) recently signed a co-operation agreement with Guangdong University of Technology (GDUT), the University of Saint Joseph in Macao and China Southern Airlines.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian recently highlighted the importance of deepening co-operation between China and Brazil.

The Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China in the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) and the Government of the Macao SAR jointly organised a visit to Macao last week for 11 cultural sector officials from nine Portuguese-speaking Countries: Angola, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe and Timor-Leste.

A green hydrogen-powered bus manufactured by Chinese company Higer Bus has entered service on the Rota Monumental in Brasília, providing a concrete example of China-Brazil co-operation in clean mobility, energy transition and technological innovation.

Portugal will be represented for the second consecutive year at Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles 2026, one of the leading international trade fairs in the sector.

Banco Millennium Atlântico recently became the first Angolan financial institution to join the Cross-Border Interbank Payment System (CIPS) as an indirect participant.

A delegation from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), comprising nine postgraduate students and Professor Dachamir Hotza, is taking part in an academic mission at Beihang University’s Hangzhou International Campus in China until 7 August.

Entities from China and Portuguese-speaking countries recently signed 24 co-operation agreements at the Mozambique-China Cultural Centre in Maputo during the 17th Entrepreneurs Meeting for Commercial and Economic Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries.

Nansen, a subsidiary of AUX Group in Brazil, recently inaugurated a transformers factory in Betim, in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. The facility will provide integrated solutions for the local smart electricity grid.