The governor of São Paulo, Rodrigo Garcia, announced on last Thursday that the Butantan Institute, the Brazilian supplier of the vaccine, will import eight thousand liters of the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) from China to produce 10 million doses of the CoronaVac vaccine against COVID-19 for children aged 3 to 4 years old.

According to data from the Ministry of Economy’s Foreign Trade Secretariat (Secex), China imported 35.211 million tonnes of Brazilian soybeans from January to June 2022. The volume is 12% lower than the 39.799 million tonnes imported in 2021. The country is the biggest buyer of the Brazilian oilseed.

Chinese heavy equipment manufacturer Sany delivered electric trucks and excavators to CSN Mineração, the mining division of the Brazilian firm Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN).

The consortium of Mota-Engil and the Swiss multinational Trafigura won the tender for the concession of the Lobito Corridor in Angola for exploration within a period of 30 years. China Communications Construction Company Limited is a shareholder of Mota-Engil.

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.