On the 28th of November, the Port of Rio Grande concluded the unloading operation of 128 tractors from China. The machinery arrived at the city of Rio Grande do Sul aboard the ship “Leopold Staff”, a vessel flying the Maltese flag of the Load in Load off (LoLo) type, which then sailed to the Port of Santos.

On the 2nd of December, Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi inaugurated two production lines for heavy sands, an investment made by the Chinese company Ding Sheng Minerals in the district of Chibuto, Gaza Province, southern Mozambique.

In November, the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (ApexBrasil) organized the Brazilian participation in the China High Tech Fair 2022, in Shenzhen. The action was led by the ApexBrasil China Office in partnership with the Brazilian Embassy in Beijing, to promote the internationalization of Brazilian technology companies in the Chinese market.

On 23rd of November, the Polytechnic Institute of Setubal (IPS) received the visit of Zhao Bentang, China’s ambassador to Portugal, who visited the Portuguese Lu Ban Workshop on the ground floor, a teaching and research unit in the area of Industry 4.0, installed in the institution since 2018, through a partnership with the Municipal Government of Tianjin. Zhao Bentang said he found in IPS a combinati

The 19th World Congress of Chinese Medicine was opened in São Paulo, Brazil on the 26th of November. The theme of the two-day conference was “to promote the global development of high-quality traditional Chinese medicine and contribute to the health and well-being of people in all countries.” The occasion marked the debut of the World Congress of Traditional Chinese Medicine in South America.

With the purpose of creating the basis for an exchange and cooperation platform in the area of health, in particular in the field of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), the Piaget Institute announced on November 28th that it had signed a protocol with the Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, in Jiangsu province, in eastern of China.

On the 24th of November, Petrobras received from China’s CNOOC 10.3 billion reais or US$1.9 billion, relating to the sale of 5% of its stake in the production sharing contract for the surplus volume of onerous transfer of the Buzios field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt area, the company said.

Registration is now open for the five green business matchings, which are dedicated to topics such as the Portuguese-speaking countries, electric vehicles, Guangdong-Macau in-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin and eco-friendly tableware, scheduled in the programme of the Macao International Environmental Cooperation Forum and Exhibition, which will be held from the 9th to 11th of December, according to a statement.

Jinko Solar will supply around 522 MW in photovoltaic modules for phase 1 of the Santa Luzia Complex developed by the Rio Alto Energias Renováveis Group in Paraíba. The model will be the Tiger Neo 78. This will be the first of three stages of the solar energy project which will have an installed capacity of 1.2 GW when it is concluded.

On the 29th of November, the Chinese motorcycle manufacturer Zontes announced officially its arrival in Brazil. In an Instagram post @zontesdobrasil, the company published its first message targeted directly to Brazilians. JTZ Motors which represents Haojue, Suzuki and Kymco will be responsible for bringing Zontes to Brazil.

The 11th edition of The Script Road, which will take place between the 2nd and 4th of December at the Livraria Portuguesa and between the 9th and 11th of December at Art Garden, will once again focus on the local writers and seek to mark the anniversaries that are important to Macau’s literature, Lusophone literature and universal literature, said the festival’s director, Ricardo Pinto.

The first ship with Brazilian corn to China set sail last week, after an agreement signed at the beginning of the year between the two countries. The Star Iris left the port of Santos (São Paulo) with around 68,000 tons of grain for the Chinese company Cofco, according to shipping agency Alphamar.