Continuing its plan for operational growth in the state of Rio de Janeiro, the company Vast Infraestrutura invested last Saturday iin oil transshipment operations and recently completed its first operation with the Chinese company CNOOC at the Port of Açu, located in the state of Rio de Janeiro.

China HomeLife and Machinex Brazil 2022 took place from June 13th to 15th in São Paulo and took place in a hybrid format to promote more than 4,000 products from 300 certified Chinese exhibitors. The new model attracted more than 10,000 visitors and added up to 3,000 business meetings.

The Angolan airline TAAG signed on last Wednesday an agreement with China Lucky Aviation (CLCA) to transport cargo on the Changsha-Luanda-São Paulo route, with an expected annual revenue of US$200 million.

Filipa Ferreira, responsible for the Madeira government’s investment and trade development agency, Investe Madeira, wrote an article in the local newspaper titled “Macao: the Gateway to the Orient,” emphasizing her desire to make Macao a commercial platform for Asia to assist businesses scale up.

Investment captured through ‘gold’ visas grew by 94% in May, compared to the same month in 2021, to 53.8 million euros, according to data from the Foreigners and Borders Service (SEF), while compared to April (59.7 million euros), the investment fell by 9.8%.

ExxonMobil is in regular communication with the firms involved in the consortium for the Rovuma LNG gas production megaproject in Mozambique, including ENI, China National Petroleum Co (CNPC), Galp, Kogas, and Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos (ENH).

Last Tuesday, Northern International Cooperation Co., Ltd. and Timor-Leste’s Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries signed the “Timor-Leste Dam Construction and Water Supply Project Design, Procurement and Construction Contract” in Beijing.

Huawei’s Brazilian distributor, SND held on last Tuesday in São Paulo the Huawei Partner Business event, which has already been held in Porto Alegre, Campinas, Rio de Janeiro and Brasília. SND is the newest Huawei distributor in Brazil, and the purpose of the event was to present the solutions and strategies for this business line, which will be focused on the corporate segment.

Last week, an agreement-signing ceremony was held for the creation of the Center for Chinese Language and Agricultural Science and Technology Development, which unites the South China Agricultural University (SCAU) with the Federal University of Mato Grosso (UFMT), and the Chapingo Autonomous University of Mexico.

The mayor of Novo Hamburgo of Brazil, Fátima Daudt, and the mayor of Dongguan of China, Lyu Chengxi, signed on last Wednesday the official document of understanding on joint development of friendly partnership for cooperation and exchange.

The rector of the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) will visit four Portuguese universities, including the University of Evora, the University of Lisbon, the University of Coimbra, and the University of Porto, from June 27 to strengthen scientific partnerships.

China’s largest railway vehicle manufacturer CRRC Qingdao Sifang Co., Ltd. recently signed a contract with Brazilian mining company Vale for the export of 62 main railroad cars. This is the first time a Chinese company has exported railway vehicles to Brazil.