Maporal pork production unit, in Reguengos de Monsaraz (Évora), already exports to 25 markets, but wants to reach 80 and increase the annual turnover from 45 to 120 million euros in 2024, said Nuno Correia, administrator and shareholder of the company.

At the afternoon of the 23rd of February, Domingos Bragança, Mayor of Guimarães, met with the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China in Portugal, Zhao Bentang, with the Secretary General of the Luso-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Bernardo Mendia, and with the Secretary General of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Portugal – Hong Kong, Carlos Torres, with the aim of promoting economic and cultural cooperation between Guimarães and China.

The governor of Bahia, Jerónimo Rodrigue, confirmed the negotiation of the Lula government with the Chinese automaker BYD for the resumption of the former Ford factory in Camaçari, Bahia.

The former Portuguese prime minister, Durão Barroso, carried out a private visit to Macau on the 21st of February and had lunch with the Chief Executive, Ho Iat Seng.

Foz do Iguaçu, in southern Brazil, has declared the Chinese New Year as the city’s official festival. The mayor of the city, Chico Brasileiro, signed a law on the 25th of February that included the Chinese New Year in the calendar of festivities in the locality, where the famous Iguaçu Falls are located, a set of 275 falls that are a natural heritage of humanity.

After advances perceived by SPIC Brasil in simulators used in the operation of the hydroelectric plant São Simão, which has a capacity of 1,710 MW, the projects developed by startups AQS Tecnologia and Sense + will soon be available to the market.

The Simão Mendes National Hospital, the main hospital in Guinea-Bissau, is now offering consultations for asthma patients, which is described as “something unprecedented” by the doctor in charge, Ibrahim Silva Danso, a general practitioner trained in China who has been working in the country’s main hospital for a year.

Starting the 23rd of February, TVT will air a series of Chinese educational programs and documentaries. The productions contemplate the art, poetry and history of the Asian giant from a foreign perspective. The content will be shown on open TV channel 44.1 and also on TVT YouTube channel.

The founder of Semp TCL, a famous home appliance joint venture in Brazil, Affonso Brandão Hennel traveled to Shenzhen to visit the headquarters of TCL Technology and expand cooperation.

The oil and natural gas production project in the field of Buzios, designed by Petrobras, began successfully advancing on the 16th of February. The company announced the departure of the FPSO Almirante Barroso de Angra dos Reis, in Rio de Janeiro, for the pre-salt of Campo de Buzios, in the Santos Basin.

Portuguese-speaking countries Business Confederation (CE-CPLP) leader Nelma Fernandes met with Macao businessman, Wu Zhiwei in Lisbon to discuss ties with the Chinese Special Administrative Region. Wu Zhiwei is the vice-president of the China-Portugal Chamber of Commerce and Industry and CEO of the Quinta da Marmeleira group and has become a key figure in the local business community.

The Chinese company Yuan’s Hi-Tech Seed CO LTD, which is dedicated to the engineering and production of rice seeds, has expressed interest in investing in Angola, Jornal de Angola learned through a press release from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.