CNN Brazil announced on the 26th of December a partnership with Kwai, a social network of short video, for the coverage of the inauguration of the elected president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and the first 100 days of his government.

On the 2nd of January, Brazilian President Lula da Silva told Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan that he is willing to expand relations with the Asian giant. Wang Qishan was one of several foreign leaders who attended Lula’s inauguration.

EDP – Energias de Portugal informed the market on the 23rd of December that the sale of its 50% stake in Hydro Global Investment Limited to China International Water & Electric Corporation (CWE), a company that is part of the China Three Gorges Group (CTG), is complete.

After the arrival of BYD and Great Wall in 2022, Brazil should have another Chinese brand debut in 2023. It is Exeed, which in China acts as the luxury division of Chery.

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.