The Childhood without Borders Virtual Dialogue: Children’s literature and the exchanges between Brazil and China were held on Wednesday and the event was organized by the Chinese Consulate General in São Paulo, the Academia Paulista de Letras, the Shanghai Writers Association, and the Confucius Institute of UNESP.

The Portuguese company Energias de Portugal (EDP) declared its intention to increase offshore floating solar capacity in Southeast Asia during the 2022 United Nations Ocean Conference in Lisbon, held between 27 June and 1 July. It is expected to install 16 gigawatts of the photovoltaic project in the rivers and seas of the region by 2030.

After the meeting with the director of the foreign affairs commission office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, Yang Jiechi, on Monday, the Mozambican President, Filipe Nyusi, expressed his interest in turning to China to obtain funding for the rehabilitation of National Highway 1 and the construction of the new seat of the National Assembly.

Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020, more and more Brazilians are becoming aware of the magical effect of traditional Chinese acupuncture therapy, which is considered an “oriental magic needle.” According to the vice president of the World Federation of Acupuncture-Moxibustion Societies, Hui Qing, the association launches annually free medical treatment in downtown, parks and favelas of São Paulo to further promote acupuncture in Brazil.

The Chinese company Higer Bus Company Limited is interested in installing an electric bus factory in Pecém, in the state of Ceará, Brazil. The project, which has been explored with the Ceará Government, will cost 20 million.

The construction of the water supply project, implemented by the Chinese state-owned company China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC), was completed and went into operation on last Thursday in Cabinda province, Angola.

With the support of the Brazilian Electricity Consumer Council, CPFL Energia conducted on last Thursday a campaign to raise awareness for more than 90 students in the 6th grade of the Escola Estadual João Batista Gasparin, in São Carlos, Brazil. CPFL is the third-largest private power generator in Brazil, whose parent company is the Chinese State Grid.

As part of bilateral cooperation, the government of São Tomé and Príncipe signed an agreement with China for the construction of 200 social housing units in São Tomé and Príncipe. Currently, 60 apartments have been built in two districts of the island of São Tomé, namely Cantagalo and Lobata.

The EDP Renováveis (EDPR), a renewable energy subsidiary of the Energias de Portugal group whose largest shareholder is China Three Gorges, had acquired two solar PV projects for 284 million dollars from the Vietnam company Xuan Thien Group, revealed the company on last Monday.

Last Wednesday, at the Smart Office event held in Berlin, Huawei introduced its latest FreeBuds Pro 2 wireless headphones. The brand has already confirmed that this model will be available in Portugal on the 15th of July.

According to the Portuguese online newspaper Observador, China announced on last Wednesday that it will invest about 100 million dollars to implement the project to expand and modernize the São Tomé International Airport, which will start within six months.

During a webinar hosted by the Brazil-China Business Council (CEBC) and the Chinese Embassy in Brazil on last Wednesday, experts from China and Brazil discussed the potential for cooperation in the field of the digital economy, such as artificial intelligence (AI) and big data.