The Industrial and Port Complex of Pecém and the State of Ceará signed agreements with Chinese companies SPIC and Mingyang Smart Energy Group about renewable energy, green fuels and wind turbines projects, according to an announcement made by the Brazilian government on the 14th of April.

Brazilian internet service provider Unifique hired China’s Zhongxing Telecom Equipment (ZTE) as supplier for its 5G network in the south of the country. ZTE is a Chinese telecommunications company that manufactures and services networking solutions and mobile devices worldwide.

On the 14th of April, the container ship MSC TESSA set an all-time record when it called at the Port of Sines in Portugal during its maiden voyage.

On the 14th of April, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock of Brazil and the General Administration of Customs of the Republic of China established a protocol on sanitary and quarantine requirements that must be followed by Brazilian establishments in the production of processed protein from terrestrial animals. With this, the Asian country opens a new market for the export of Brazilian products.

BYD is the largest Chinese manufacturer of electric vehicles, which, after establishing its position in its country of origin, is now preparing to enter the European market with force. Its presence in Portugal is still awaiting the definition of the last details, but the Observer found that everything will be finalized in the first days of May.

According to data from the statistical office of the Ministry of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services, consulted on the 12th of April by Lusa, exports of products from Brazil to China rose from more than US$41 billion in 2012 to US$89.4 billion last year, with iron ore and soy occupying the first two places, followed by oil, and together they are worth 75% of Brazilian exports to this country.

According to the official newspaper Nanfang Daily, the Guangdong Provincial Tax Service launched on the 13th of April the first series of tax guides for investment in Portuguese-speaking countries.

Midea, one of the largest domestic appliance manufacturers in the world and leader in air conditioning equipment, launched in Pouso Alegre, in the south of Minas Gerais, Brazil, the works of its first 100%-owned plant in Brazil.

China’s leading agricultural and food company, COFCO Corporation, has invested more than US$2.3 billion in Brazil since 2014, according to data released by the company. COFCO Corporation has become one of the largest exporters and processors of corn, soybeans and raw sugar in Brazil.

The Macau Chief Executive will visit Portugal, Luxembourg and Brussels between the 18th and 27th of April and will be in Portugal until the 22nd of April, with meetings planned with the Portuguese President, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, the Prime Minister, António Costa, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, João Gomes Cravinho.

On the 9th of April, the governor of Bahia, Jerônimo Rodrigues, visited two production lines of the Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer BYD. The first, in the city of Hangzhou, produces 100% electric buses, and the second, in the city of Chengzhou, produces passenger cars with the same technology.

The 2022/23 crop of Brazilian cotton will arrive in the Chinese market with a novelty. Part of the bales shipped will have already been certified by the Brazilian Cotton Quality Program, developed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock (Mapa) in partnership with the Brazilian Association of Producers of Cotton (Abrapa). The news was welcomed by Chinese industrialists and officials.