The “2021 Portuguese-speaking Countries Development Report”, compiled in Portuguese by the Centre for Studies on China and Portuguese-speaking Countries of the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), was recently published. The news was revealed by People’s Daily on the 7th of February.

China became the top destination for Brazil’s corn exports in January by volume, surpassing traditional importers such as Japan, Iran and Spain, according to revised trade data released by the Brazilian government on the 8th of February.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Regional Integration of Cabo Verde said that the agreement to exchange notes regarding the allocation of food aid had been signed on the 7th of February in the city of Praia, for an amount of 10 million Chinese yuan, equivalent to 150 million escudos. The signing was carried out by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Miryan Vieira, and the ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Cabo Verde, Xu Jie.

The evolution and perspectives of exports from each Brazilian state to China are the object of the study that the Brazil-China Business Council (CEBC) launched on the 7th of February, with the participation of the Secretary of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Development, Industry, Commerce and Services, Tatiana Prazeres, at the launch event.

Paulo Coelho is one of the best-known names in the literary world and among Brazilian personalities whose achievements have gone across national borders. Now, the Brazilian celebrates the launch of a manga version of “The Alchemist” in China. “It’s a magnificent piece,” the writer praised the manga to Xinhua news agency.

Recently, the central banks of China and Brazil has signed a memorandum of understanding to establish yuan clearing arrangements in Brazil, the People’s Bank of China said on the 7th of February. The establishment of these arrangements will be beneficial for transactions between the two countries and will promote bilateral trade and investment facilitation, the Chinese central bank said.

In a meeting with the delegation from the People’s Republic of China in Brazil on the afternoon of the 3rd of February, the Minister of Agriculture, Carlos Fávaro, stressed the country’s interest in strengthening trade of various products with China.

Born in 1984, Portuguese David Patrício was appointed coach of the main team of Nantong, a club from eastern China, He had previously held the positions of assistant coach, reserve coach, and technical director when he arrived in 2019.

Last year, the value exported by the Portuguese-speaking countries to the Chinese semi-autonomous region was 1.06 billion patacas, a rise of 46.9 percent compared to 2021, according to the latest data of the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) of Macao. The amount of goods imported from Macao by the Portuguese-speaking bloc fell 73.4% year-on-year to 1.7 million patacas.

Honor of Kings, one of China’s most popular games, will soon be launched in Brazil. The game is already available for pre-registration on the Google Play Store, App Store and Samsung Galaxy Store, with a range of rewards for users who register in advance.

The International Cooperation Group of Brazilian Universities (GCUB), in partnership with the Confucius Institute of the Fluminense Federal University and the Normal University of Hebei, China, offers virtual courses for teaching Chinese language and culture to beginners.

Wilson Sons, the largest integrated port and maritime logistics operator in the Brazilian market, carried out the agency service for the Chinese vessel Affinity Diva. According to the company, the Affinity Diva broke the record for being the largest fertilizer vessel in the history of Brazil to operate in the Port of Santos, the main complex port in Latin America.