The establishment ceremony of the China-Portuguese Speaking Countries Ocean Research Alliance was held on the 9th of September, with over 70 representatives of the 19 universities and institutes that are part of the alliance, an initiative of the University of Macau.

In September, the CPFL Institute is hosting a free Chinese cinema exhibition. There are a total of 11 films available, four films in face-to-face sessions and ten online. The first session happened at 19:00 on the 6th of September at Umuarama Hall.

Earlier this month, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) delivered three respirators to the Municipality of Mauá, in the State of São Paulo, Brazil.

The construction of the two tunnels planned in the General Drainage Plan of Lisbon (PGDL) will start this September in Campolide, said the municipal council on the 6th of September, without giving specific dates.

Courier service has recently transported an ice cream machine weighing about 70 kg from China to Brazil. Two other machines will be transported in the next few days.

The Chinese shipyard, Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Offshore (DSIC), held the delivery ceremony for the FPSO Anita Garibaldi, which will be installed in the Marlim field in the Campos Basin. The ship was delivered to Japanese company Modec, which will charter the unit to Petrobras for 25 years. The platform ship is expected to arrive in Brazil at the end of the year for commissioning activities and production will begin in 2023.

At the health services exhibition of the 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services held in Beijing from September 1 to 5, the Traditional Chinese Medicine Science and Technology Industrial Park of Cooperation between Guangdong and Macao showed its public services and achievements in the development of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), which aims to promote it in Portuguese-speaking countries.

Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message to Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Brazil’s 200th anniversary of independence, reported by the Chinese state news agency Xinhua on the 7th of September.

On the 2nd of September, the mayor of Maricá, Fabiano Horta, received a delegation from the Chinese construction company Gezhouba Group Corporation (CGGC), which presented a protocol of intentions with the aim of building a thermal power plant in Maricá.

ApexBrasil signed a memorandum of cooperation with Alibaba Group at the 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS). The two parties will carry out in-depth cooperation in the areas of the digital economy, such as cross-border commerce and e-commerce talent training.

In an interview with Xinhua, the president of the Angola-China Chamber of Commerce, Luís Cupenala, praised the enormous cooperation between Angola and China, saying that the level of bilateral cooperation is consistent and reliable. Luís Cupenala also said that such cooperation has contributed to the improvement of infrastructure and industrialization, as well as poverty fight efforts in Angola.

The factory for pig iron production, owned by the Angolan company Companhia Siderúrgica do Cuchi (CSC) and located in the province of Cuando Cubango, could be completed before the end of this year, with the arrival in Angola of the last equipments as required by the initial tests, which were acquired from Brazil. Currently, the vessel with cargo has already left the country and should dock at the port of Luanda within the next 45 days.