Brazil and China will start sharing information on pests, diseases and toxic residues found in food of animal and plant origin exported or imported between the countries. The measure, agreed through a memorandum of understanding signed on May 13 in Beijing, aims to reduce health risks and avoid surprises in bilateral trade.

On May 12, Brazil's Ministry of Communications signed a Memorandum of Understanding with State Post Bureau of China, with the aim of strengthening cooperation between the two countries, increasing the quality of services provided and making the postal sector more efficient and accessible to the population.

Another Chinese brand is arriving on the Portuguese market: in late April, the Auto-Industrial Group signed a partnership with ChangAn Automobile to import and distribute its models.

Brazil signed protocols with China on May 13 to allow the export of dried distillers grains (DDGs), as well as agreements to export more poultry products.

Among the agreements signed by the Brazilian and Chinese governments on May 13 at the Great Hall of the People was the Memorandum of Understanding (2025-2030) on Cooperation in Modern Family Farming and Agricultural Mechanization, which provides for joint efforts to use machinery in the Brazilian countryside.

Gerson is one of 353 small farmers who are partners in Wanbao, a modern rice farm with Chinese investment in southern Mozambique. His 2.7-hectare field yielded almost 100,000 meticais (US$1,565) this harvest, enough to pay for his children's school fees and support his family.

On May 14, the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (ApexBrasil) held new meetings that are part of the agenda for the Brazilian trade mission to China. In partnership with the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAPA), the Brazil-China Dialogue on Food Security took place in Beijing, bringing together Brazilian and Chinese organizations from various agribusiness segments.

Several startups from Macau are represented on a trip to Portugal this week, and the delegation also includes representatives from the Macao Economic and Technological Development Bureau (DSEDT) and the Association for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Macau, China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (AEIMCP).

The arrival of Chinese machines for family farming in Brazil should help build technological sovereignty and transfer technology to Brazilian territories. This is what Diego Moreira, from the national directorate of the MST's production sector, hopes for. The leader participated in the seminar "Digital Family and Peasant Agriculture in Brazil-China Cooperation," which took place on May 9 during the 5th National Agrarian Reform Fair.

On May 8, 2025, the Angola-China Chamber of Commerce and Banco Angolano de Investimentos (BAI) signed a partnership protocol aimed at strengthening trade relations between Angola and the People's Republic of China by carrying out the first Business Census of the Chinese private sector in Angola.

After going through a slow post-pandemic recovery period, Chinese tourism to Brazil reached its best moment in 2024. Last year, Brazil received 76,524 tourists from China, an increase of 79% compared to 2023, which represents an all-time record, according to data from the Brazilian Ministry of Tourism.

The successful experience of Pix, whose operations in Brazil have exceeded R$60 trillion since its creation in 2021, is attracting interest from financial institutions in China.