China’s Minister of Education, Huai Jinpeng, met with a delegation led by Fernando Alexandre, Portugal’s Minister of Education, Science and Innovation, in Beijing last week to exchange views on deepening educational exchanges and co-operation between the two countries.

The third edition of the Brazil-China Joint Mathematical Meeting recently began in Luís Correia, in the Brazilian state of Piauí.

The Government of Cabo Verde and China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC) recently signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at advancing co-operation in strategic areas for the country’s development.

The Brazilian city of Lucas do Rio Verde, in the state of Mato Grosso, recently hosted a business delegation from China’s Jiangsu Province, which was interested in learning about the local economic potential and identifying investment and co-operation opportunities.

The Brazilian financial co-operative Sicoob Credisul recently organised the Brazil-China Business Mission, which brought together Chinese businesspeople, institutional representatives, co-operatives and producers in the Brazilian states of Acre, Rondônia and Mato Grosso.

The Portugal-China Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCILC), in partnership with the Portugal-Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHKCCI), will organise a business mission to China from 17 to 24 October.

Brazilian company Concert Space and Chinese company STAR.VISION recently signed a memorandum of understanding during Rio Innovation Week to develop solutions for processing images directly on board satellites.

Chinese company Huatong Angola Industry is participating in a US$900 million investment in the Barra do Dande Integrated Development Free Zone, in Angola’s Bengo Province.

The Chinese government recently donated medical supplies and equipment worth approximately €40,000 to Cabo Verde.

The international mission “China Mission | Innovation, Finance and Artificial Intelligence” was recently held in Beijing and Shanghai. It brought together representatives of institutions within Brazil’s National Development Financial System (NFS) to promote the exchange of experience, financial innovation and China-Brazil co-operation.

The Brazilian state of Piauí is hosting the third edition of the Brazil-China Joint Mathematical Meeting from 10 to 14 August in the city of Luís Correia.

The Confucius Institute at the University of Cabo Verde (Uni-CV) is marking a decade of teaching Chinese language and culture in the archipelago.