The ocean economy, renewable energy and health sciences are the three main areas in which Portugal wants to cooperate more with China. The strategy was outlined by António Costa Silva, Portugal’s Economy Minister, at a dinner to celebrate the sixth anniversary of the New Silk Road Friends Association.

BYD Brasil will make its debut in Pará. The arrival of the brand is planned for the first half of 2023, with the start of operations of the first dealership in the state, BYD Vega. The unit will be located in the state capital, Belém, in the Umarizal neighbourhood. The debut is the result of the appointment of the Vega group as the company’s new partner in Brazil.

According to a press release released on the 3rd of January by the company, Sociedade de Transportes Colectivos do Porto (STCP) awarded the Chinese company Zhongtong Bus the supply of 48 electric buses and a charging station, in a contract worth 19.3 million euros.

The TCL Technology Group Corporation brand announced on the 27th of December, 2022, that its first smartphones manufactured in the industrial center of Manaus, in Amazonas, are already available in the main stores and retailers across the country.

Two institutions from Tocantins, the Federal University of Tocantins (UFT) and the Federal Institute of Tocantins (IFTO), were the winners of the Brazilian final of the ICT Competition 2022, a competition of Huawei held on the 27th, 28th and 29th of December, 2022, in São Paulo.

The Institute of National Petroleum of Mozambique (INP) anounced that, in the sixth licensing round for hydrocarbon exploration, it has awarded in total of five blocks to the Chinese company CNOOC Hong Kong and one block to the Italian energy company ENI.

CNN Brazil announced on the 26th of December a partnership with Kwai, a social network of short video, for the coverage of the inauguration of the elected president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and the first 100 days of his government.

On the 2nd of January, Brazilian President Lula da Silva told Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan that he is willing to expand relations with the Asian giant. Wang Qishan was one of several foreign leaders who attended Lula’s inauguration.

EDP – Energias de Portugal informed the market on the 23rd of December that the sale of its 50% stake in Hydro Global Investment Limited to China International Water & Electric Corporation (CWE), a company that is part of the China Three Gorges Group (CTG), is complete.

After the arrival of BYD and Great Wall in 2022, Brazil should have another Chinese brand debut in 2023. It is Exeed, which in China acts as the luxury division of Chery.

According to data from the Ministry of Economy of Minas Gerais, of the total exported by state companies between January and November this year, 153.7 million tons were sent abroad, of which 104.8 million tons were sent to China, an increase of 9.6% compared to 95.6 million tons in 2021.

On the 27th of December, Petrobras announced that it had signed a contract for an integrated natural gas processing system with the Chinese company CNOOC Petroleum (CNOOC).