Chinese company Sinohydro Construction Angola will invest over $100 million (€84.8 million) in the development and implementation of infrastructure under Angola’s National Grain Production Promotion Plan (Planagrão), launched by the Angolan government in 2022 to boost rice, soybean, corn, and wheat production in the country’s eastern region.

Recently, Ip Kuai Peng, Vice-Rector of the City University of Macau (UCM) and Director of the Institute for Research on Portuguese-speaking Countries, proposed the creation of “language + technology” training programs to “overcome linguistic and professional incompatibilities in scientific cooperation” and further deepen cooperation in specific professional areas.

The National Federation of Journalists (FENAJ) has received recognition as the “International Home of Journalists” in Brazil. The certificate was presented in China during the 2025 Belt and Road Journalists Forum, held recently in Jiangxi Province. The event brought together representatives from 50 countries.

A delegation comprising representatives from the Superintendence of the Manaus Free Trade Zone (Suframa), the Secretariat for Economic Development of Amazonas (Sedecti), and the Bank of the Amazon (Basa) departed recently for China. The international mission aims to attract Asian companies to invest in the Manaus Industrial Hub.

The Prime Minister of Cape Verde, José Ulisses Correia e Silva, and the Chinese Ambassador to Cape Verde, Zhang Yang, recently participated in the ceremony to hand over sovereignty of a new maternity ward at Dr. Baptista de Sousa Hospital.

Recently, during a courtesy meeting with the Chinese Ambassador to Angola, Zhang Bin, the Provincial Governor of Uíge, José Carvalho da Rocha, expressed his intention to deepen bilateral cooperation with the People’s Republic of China, focusing on the construction of road infrastructure, the development of a commercial city in the border area with the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the promotion of the tourism sector.

The Chinese company Yucheng Group will set up a non-ferrous metal recycling industrial park in Mozambique, with a capacity of one million tons per year.

The new Sustainable Food Laboratory was recently inaugurated at the Federal University of Mato Grosso (UFMT), in partnership with South China Agricultural University (SCAU). The event represents a step forward in scientific and technological cooperation between Brazil and China, with a focus on food security and sustainable agricultural production.

Brazil will set up a tax and customs agency in China, the Brazilian Ministry of Finance recently announced. According to the ministry, the initiative has been considered strategic by the Federal Revenue Office since 2023, and the process is justified by the growing flow of goods between the two countries.

Chinese company CITIC Construction (Angola) recently announced that it plans to invest US$250 million (€212.2 million) in large-scale agricultural projects, with a focus on corn and soybeans.

The strategic relationship between Brazil and China is gaining new momentum in agribusiness with the unprecedented participation of the Brazil-China Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIBC), the only national organization officially recognized by the Chinese government to promote trade between the two countries, in the 10th National Congress of Women in Agribusiness (CNMA).

The 16th Brasil AgroChemShow, to be held on August 12 and 13 at Expo Center Norte in São Paulo (SP), will be attended by Jalen Fan, deputy director of Division 1 of the CCPIT Sub-Council of Chemical Industry (CCPIT CHEM).