The Armed Forces of Cape Verde will once again buy uniforms from a Chinese state-owned company for almost 130,000 euros, according to the authorization granted by the order of the Minister of Defense, which came into force on the 27th of September.

In mid-September, two dozen Portuguese students, from 13 different universities in the country, participated in Huawei’s flagship program focused on knowledge and innovation.

Macao organizes on the 29th of September the “2022 Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition (Macao) for Technology Enterprises from Brazil and Portugal”. In the competition, 14 projects from the two Portuguese-speaking countries will be selected.

The Chinese company Sul Americana de Metais (SAM) and CGN Brasil Energia signed on the 27th of September a protocol of intent with the State Secretariat for Economic Development of Minas Gerais (SEDE) for the construction of a solar park in the northern region of Minas Gerais state, with start-up scheduled for 2024. The agreement includes the creation of a joint venture through which 3 billion reais will be invested in the venture.

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.