OIW Solar, the new subsidiary of the Brazilian manufacturer and distributor of optical network equipment, OIW, was visited by representatives of DAH Solar, a Chinese producer of photovoltaic modules.

Oil and gas producer Repsol Sinopec Brasil and Brazilian company TideWise developed the ARIEL Project (Autonomous Robot for Identification of Emulsified Liquids) and the USIS Project (Uncrewed Subsea Inspection System). Repsol Sinopec Brasil is a joint venture between the Spanish Repsol Group (60%) and the Chinese Sinopec Group (40%).

Reem, an Angolan company dedicated to the production of various plastics, invested 500 million Kwanzas to increase its production, Administrative Manager Claudino de Lemos told the market.

Imports from Angola stood at USD 8.2 billion in the first half of 2022, an increase of 52% compared to the same period in 2021, according to market calculations based on external statistics from the National Bank of Angola (BNA).

The opening of the Chinese market for Brazilian peanuts came into effect on the 22nd of September. Currently, the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC) has granted authorization to 47 Brazilian companies in the peanut sector.

The inauguration of the new school of the University of Lisbon – the ULisboa School of Shanghai University – took place during the Global University Presidents’ Forum, under the theme “Reshaping Universities for the Future: Mission and Innovation”, which took place in Shanghai on the 23rd of September 2022. This is the first Sino-foreign cooperative education institution between China and Portugal established in Mainland China.

With the theme “China — lights and shadows, sounds and dreams”, the 7th São Paulo Chinese Film Festival will take place from the 2nd to the 13th of October, in person and free of charge, at Centro Cultural São Paulo. The event will present nine contemporary films, most of them never seen before in Brazil, divided into “Human and Historical Landscape”, “Contemporary Urban Landscape” and “Ethnic and Regional Landscape”.

On the 20th of September, the Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock of Brazil (CNA), in partnership with InvestSP in Shanghai, released the Executive Summary of the “China Agricultural Outlook Report 2022-2031”, which shows the main agricultural prospects of China for the next ten years.

In order to strengthen cooperation and exchanges between Sino-Lusophone academic fields and contribute to the creation of the “training hub for Chinese-Portuguese bilingual talents” in Macao,

Fibracem, a Brazilian brand specialized in the optical communication market, will join forces with the Chinese telecom company Raisecom in the second half of this year, in a partnership that will mainly serve the Brazilian corporate and data center market.

The BYD Energy do Brasil has announced that it will begin producing photovoltaic modules with N-Type TOPCON technology at its plant in Campinas (SP) from December. The factory unit was renewed in April to become compatible with the cell sizes currently available on the market.

Angolan airline TAAG saw its cargo revenue reach US$67 million from January to August of this year.