The Chinese Ambassador to São Tomé and Príncipe, Xu Yingzhen, announced on last Thursday, during a meeting with the local journalists, that barring any unforeseen circumstances, the construction works to upgrade and lengthen the runway of the São Tomé International Airport, will start next year.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro took advantage of the BRICS summit on last Thursday to praise China, pointing out that the cooperation with China was very positive and brought concrete benefits to the people, and that the way to deal with COVID-19 was an example of the partnership between the two countries.

During the Latam ICT Congress 2022, Huawei Digital Power and HDT Energy signed an equipment supply agreement for the generation of 30MW with (re)energisa, a subsidiary of Energisa, Brazil’s largest private energy group.

i-charging and Mucharging signed an agreement to sell blueberry chargers in Macau SAR, Hong Kong SAR and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, contributing to the creation of infrastructures for electric mobility in this region.

The PUC-Minas university in Brazil has launched a new graduate program that offers a specialization in Contemporary China in order to help people understand China better.

The Chinese car manufacturer, Great Wall Motors (GWM), will start producting in Brazil in March 2023 hybrid flexible fuel vehicles. These cars’ combustion engines may run on either ethanol or gasoline. The company is the third to use the technology, while Toyota was the first. Last week, the Caoa Chery group also announced the production of vehicles equipped with this system in Brazil.

The Chinese series“The Evolution of Our Love”will debut on 18th July on Prime Box Brazil. In addition to C-Dramas, the program also includes specialties created by CCTV, as part of their collaboration with Grupo Box Brazil on the Second Edition of the Chinese Film and Television Program Exhibition.

The Chinese technology company Huawei and the Office of the First Lady of Angola have recently signed a contract for the renovation of a computer room at Welwitschia Mirabilis school in the province of Namibe, Angola.

Mota-Engil, in which China Communications Construction Company holds over 30% of the capital, has won a tender to build a highway of 54 kilometres in Mexico and manage it for ten years. The total investment in the project is close to 300 million euros.

Continuing its plan for operational growth in the state of Rio de Janeiro, the company Vast Infraestrutura invested last Saturday iin oil transshipment operations and recently completed its first operation with the Chinese company CNOOC at the Port of Açu, located in the state of Rio de Janeiro.

China HomeLife and Machinex Brazil 2022 took place from June 13th to 15th in São Paulo and took place in a hybrid format to promote more than 4,000 products from 300 certified Chinese exhibitors. The new model attracted more than 10,000 visitors and added up to 3,000 business meetings.

The Angolan airline TAAG signed on last Wednesday an agreement with China Lucky Aviation (CLCA) to transport cargo on the Changsha-Luanda-São Paulo route, with an expected annual revenue of US$200 million.