The Brazil China Sociocultural Institute (Ibrachina), the São Paulo Department of Culture and Creative Economy and São Paulo Turismo (SPTuris) are lining up plans for cultural festivities that will strengthen ties between Brazil and China in the coming years. The initiative gains even more relevance with the arrival of 2026, which has been officially designated as the Brazil-China Cultural Year.

China – Portugal (and EU) economic cooperation shows no signs of slowing down. At the Portugal-China & Europe-China Cooperation and Development Forum, which took place on February 18, opportunities between Portugal and China, on the one hand, and the European Union and China, on the other, particularly in the automotive sector, were discussed during the morning in Lisbon.

The number of Chinese brands in Portugal continues to rise and Farizon joins an ever-growing list of manufacturers from that country represented in Portugal by Salvador Caetano Auto. Specializing in 100% electric commercial vehicles, Farizon makes its debut in Portugal with a single model, the SuperVAN van.

Anglo American announces that it has signed an agreement to sell its nickel business in Brazil to MMG Singapore Resources Pte, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the MMG group. According to Anglo American, the value could reach US$ 500 million.

On 18 February, the mayor of São Cristóvão, Júlio Nascimento, received a visit from the Centre for Economic and Social Development (NDES), accompanied by representatives of the Brazil-China Chamber for Economic Development (CBCDE), who brought Chinese investors.

The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Chinese information and communications technology company HUAWEI presented the “ilumina Angola” project in Bié on February 17.

The Búzios 7 project in Brazil's Búzios oil field, the world's largest in the pre-salt ultra-deep waters, in which China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) Limited participated in the construction and holds a stake, successfully went into operation on February 15 (local time), CNOOC announced on February 17.

On February 17, the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (ApexBrasil) launched the China Trade and Investment Profile 2025. The survey shows that China maintained its position as the main Asian investor in Brazil, with a Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) stock of US$ 45.3 billion in 2023, a growth of 22.1% compared to 2022.

Shein plans to accelerate its business in the Brazilian apparel market. The marketplace expansion in 2025 targets four states and the Federal District: Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul, Espírito Santo and Goiás.

Yulin, in the southern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, earlier hosted a delegation of 15 diplomats and representatives from 10 countries in China, including Cape Verde, Zambia and East Timor.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi made the remarks during a meeting with Celso Amorim, special adviser to the Brazilian president, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on February 15 local time, expressing China's willingness to promote more achievements in various fields of China-Brazil cooperation.

This week, the Director of the National Semi-Arid Institute (INSA), Dr. José Etham de Lucena Barbosa, was in Brasilia at the invitation of the Office of the Secretary of Science and Technology for Social Development of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Inácio Arruda.