The portuguese construction company Mota-Engil announced on the 3rd of October that its subsidiary Mota-Engil México, in consortium with CRRC, signed a contract of the Monterrey metro project in the amount of 1.3 billion euros.

The ambassador of China in Angola, Gong Tao, pointed out in a speech delivered at a Chinese National Day celebration event that the trade volume between Angola and China regarding the first eight months of the current year recorded a growth of 29.9 percent compared to the same period in 2021,

According to the Malaysian newspaper “The Star”, the director general of the Mphanda Nkuwa hydroelectric dam project announced that seven investors had already been shortlisted for the financing and implementation of the US$4.5 billion project in central Mozambique.

The State of São Paulo signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Shanxi Province, China. The signing took place in a virtual ceremony on the 29th of September where the signatories were the acting Secretary of International Affairs, Ambassador Affonso Massot, and the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Shanxi, Wu Shaozhong.

The Logigo Lliro, a Chinese electric car, arrives in Brazil for R$70,000. In Brazil, the vehicle was named the Logigo Lliro, but in China it is called the T90 and is sold by a local automaker called Jinpeng.

All eight Portuguese-speaking countries rose in 2022 in the “One Belt, One Road” Infrastructure Development Index ranking, an initiative announced by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013

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%).