Executives from ChinaFert, an international group in the field of special fertiliser supply, visited São Carlos, located in the state of São Paulo, on 31 January to fulfil a technical and institutional agenda aimed at strengthening the company's relationship with the Brazilian market, especially in the interior of São Paulo.

Inpasa, the largest grain biorefinery in Latin America, said on 3 February that it will make its first shipment of corn DDGS (distillers dried grains with solubles) to China next week. Distillers dried grains with solubles are a by-product of corn ethanol production used for animal feed.

The popular marches from Alcântara and Bairro Alto, joint winners of the 2025 edition, will represent Portugal at the Lunar New Year parade in Macao, which this year marks the Year of the Horse.

The Government of Cape Verde and the Government of the People's Republic of China have signed two instruments in the field of bilateral co-operation, continuing the existing framework of economic and technical co-operation between the two countries.

Chalco (China Aluminium Corporation) and the Rio Tinto Group will jointly acquire a majority stake in CBA (Companhia Brasileira de Alumínio), part of the Votorantim Group, for R$4.7 billion, ensuring low-carbon production amid rising metal prices.

In China, the head of the ApexBrasil Office, Victor Queiroz, was received by the president of the China Chamber of Commerce for Import & Export of Medicines & Health Products (CCCMHPIE)

On the morning of 31 January, the Government of the State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, through the State Secretariat for Rural Development and Family Agriculture (Sedraf), presented representatives of the Chinese company Jiangsu World Agricultural Machinery Co. with the land that could host its agricultural equipment factory in Mossoró.

The Brazilian film Manas was screened at the opening ceremony of the Brazilian film festival ‘Amazonia: a forest on screen’ at the Palace Cinema (CWTC BJ) in Beijing on the evening of 30 January 2026.

Dragons, colourful lions, music and the smell of traditional food took over Praça da Liberdade, in downtown São Paulo, on 31 January. The capital's most traditional Asian cultural neighbourhood has already entered into the spirit of Chinese New Year 2026, although the official date of the event is celebrated on 17 February.

On 29 January, the second tunnel boring machine for Line 2-Green departed from the port of Taicang, China, aboard the ship Chipol Taihu, bound for Brazil. Considered the largest machine in metro construction in the country, the new ‘Tatuzão’ is 133 metres long, 11.67 metres in diameter and weighs 2,600 tonnes.

On 29 January 2026, the Chinese Ambassador to Portugal, Yang Yirui, met with the President of AICEP, Madalena Oliveira e Silva, and the two exchanged in-depth views on promoting economic and trade co-operation between China and Portugal. 

World university sport begins 2026 with its eyes on Asia. Between 29 and 31 January, the city of Changchun, China, will host the first meeting of the Executive Committee of the International University Sports Federation (FISU) of the year.