Solidarity with populations affected by heavy rains in Mozambique, Cape Verde and Portugal will mark the 43rd General Assembly of the Union of Portuguese Language Capital Cities (UCCLA), which will bring together member cities and companies on 13 April in Macao.

Portuguese researcher Elvira Fortunato has told Portuguese news agency Lusa that the NOVA University of Lisbon (UNL) will establish a Sino-Portuguese joint laboratory in Macao on 9 April, focusing on research into sustainable energy, next-generation display technologies and smart devices.

At the Umbeluzi Agricultural Station in Maputo Province, Mozambique, vast rice fields are in the midst of the harvest season, presenting a scene of high productivity.

Launched in 2016, BYD's monorail system began operating in several cities across China before arriving in São Paulo. In Brazil, it has been integrated into São Paulo's Metro Line 17-Ouro, which was inaugurated just a few days ago.

Brazil's Ministry of Tourism opened a new application process on Monday (30 March) for agencies interested in serving Chinese tourists. The initiative comes at a time when Brazil is considering the adoption of a reciprocal visa requirement regime, given that China exempted Brazilian citizens from this obligation last year.

February 2026 marked a previously improbable milestone in the Brazilian automotive market: an electric car at the top of retail sales. The protagonist was the BYD Dolphin Mini, with 4,810 units registered in the month and a lead of nearly one thousand vehicles over the second-placed Volkswagen Tera, according to data from Fenabrave.

Thirteen exhibitors from Portugal will take part in the 14th Macao International Travel (Industry) Expo, which takes place from 10 to 12 April, the organisers announced last week.

Mozambique is benefiting from an estimated annual saving of US$20 million as a result of China’s zero-tariff policy on Mozambican exports. The figures were recently disclosed by China’s Ambassador to Mozambique, Zheng Xuan.

The Chinese Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau, Mr Yang Renhuo, recently visited the Bafatá Region and attended the launch ceremony for the school building rehabilitation project at the China-Guinea-Bissau Friendship School in Bafatá, in the east of the country.

Co-operation between Brazil and China is in clear expansion. This is the conviction of the former Brazilian Ambassador to China, Marcos Caramuru, who led bilateral relations between 2016 and 2018 and is currently a counsellor at the Brazilian Centre for International Relations (CEBRI). The diplomat was one of the guests at the Valor Brazil-China 2026 Summit, held last week in Shanghai, China.

The premises housing the new Honorary Consulate of Cape Verde in Macau were inaugurated last week by the Cape Verdean Ambassador to China, Arlindo do Rosário.

The President of Brazil, Lula da Silva, recently visited the Caoa industrial plant in Anápolis, in the state of Goiás. Caoa is one of Brazil’s largest automotive groups. During the visit, he oversaw the resumption of factory operations and the launch of a new model produced in partnership with the Chinese automaker Changan.