Last Friday, the University of São Tomé and Príncipe (USTP) gave a lecture on malaria knowledge on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the introduction of artemisinin to treat the illness. It was organized by the Chinese Consultative Office of Malaria Control Areas in partnership with the Confucius Institute of USTP and the National Center for Endemic Diseases (CNE) of São Tomé and Príncipe.

The National Statistics Institute of Angola recently released a report on economic statistics for the first quarter of 2022. According to the study’s data, China stands out in Angolan exports and imports.

AliExpress, the marketplace of the Chinese company Alibaba, announced on last Friday that it will expand the number of flights it charters to deliver goods to Brazil from six per week of last year to eight.

The Chinese Ambassador to São Tomé and Príncipe, Xu Yingzhen, announced on last Thursday, during a meeting with the local journalists, that barring any unforeseen circumstances, the construction works to upgrade and lengthen the runway of the São Tomé International Airport, will start next year.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro took advantage of the BRICS summit on last Thursday to praise China, pointing out that the cooperation with China was very positive and brought concrete benefits to the people, and that the way to deal with COVID-19 was an example of the partnership between the two countries.

During the Latam ICT Congress 2022, Huawei Digital Power and HDT Energy signed an equipment supply agreement for the generation of 30MW with (re)energisa, a subsidiary of Energisa, Brazil’s largest private energy group.

i-charging and Mucharging signed an agreement to sell blueberry chargers in Macau SAR, Hong Kong SAR and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, contributing to the creation of infrastructures for electric mobility in this region.

The PUC-Minas university in Brazil has launched a new graduate program that offers a specialization in Contemporary China in order to help people understand China better.

The Chinese car manufacturer, Great Wall Motors (GWM), will start producting in Brazil in March 2023 hybrid flexible fuel vehicles. These cars’ combustion engines may run on either ethanol or gasoline. The company is the third to use the technology, while Toyota was the first. Last week, the Caoa Chery group also announced the production of vehicles equipped with this system in Brazil.

The Chinese series“The Evolution of Our Love”will debut on 18th July on Prime Box Brazil. In addition to C-Dramas, the program also includes specialties created by CCTV, as part of their collaboration with Grupo Box Brazil on the Second Edition of the Chinese Film and Television Program Exhibition.

The Chinese technology company Huawei and the Office of the First Lady of Angola have recently signed a contract for the renovation of a computer room at Welwitschia Mirabilis school in the province of Namibe, Angola.

Mota-Engil, in which China Communications Construction Company holds over 30% of the capital, has won a tender to build a highway of 54 kilometres in Mexico and manage it for ten years. The total investment in the project is close to 300 million euros.