On the 30th of May, Brazil and China signed an agreement for scientific cooperation in research applied to the use of synchrotron light sources in Campinas (SP). The signing was between he National Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), which houses the super laboratory Sirius, one of the three fourth-generation synchrotron light sources in operation in the world, and the Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEPS).

Forseed, one of the brands of the Chinese multinational LongPing High-Tech, will export for the first time corn seed genetics developed in Brazil to China.

The Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal (IPS) signed a letter of intent for cooperation with the Tianjin University of Technology and Education and the Tianjin Vocational College of Mechanics and Electricity, establishing the creation of a professional certification test center in the field of automation and artificial intelligence.

On the 30th of May, the Chinese giant CGN Brazil Energy signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Brazilian company Quinto Energy aiming to implement a mega complex of wind and solar energy, in the hinterland of Bahia, focused on the production of green hydrogen in large scale.

On the 29th of May, the governor of Rio Grande do Norte, Fátima Bezerra, met at the State governor’s office with Chinese investors to present the project of the Green Industry-Port, which aims to be built in Caiçara do Norte, in the interior of the state. The intention of the State government is to make a Public-Private Partnership.

Macau and Portugal undertook to disseminate the collection of “Chapas Sínicas”, a set of documents in Chinese classified as UNESCO Memory of the World, within the scope of a protocol in the field of archives signed on the 25th of May in Lisbon.

The first shipment of 55,000 tons of lithium from Brazil, a rare metal vital for the manufacture of batteries for electric cars, arrived at the port of Quanzhou, in China’s Fujian province, according to Quanzhou Business News on the 29th of May.

The Ministry of Industry and Commerce will represent the Government of Angola at the 3rd edition of the China-Africa Economic and Commercial Expo (CAETE), which will take place in the city of Changsha from the 29th of June to the 2nd of July this year.

123 arbitrators, lawyers and law students from mainland China, Macao, Hong Kong, Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Norway, the Netherlands, Mozambique, Portugal and the United Kingdom attended the seminar on issues of Maritime Arbitration in Lusophony and Maritime Silk Road.

Great Wall Motors (GWM) began distributing a parts package with approximately 40 items to the brand’s 15 dealerships. This operation aims to strengthen the after-sales service of the Chinese automaker in Brazil.

The Chinese home appliances and consumer electronics brand, Hisense, will now occupy 395 square meters of Building 8 at Lagoas Park, under a long term service contract.

The Federal Council of the OAB is hosting the Brazil-China Legal Forum in Brasilia on the 24th of May. The event brings together authorities and experts to discuss strategic issues in the bilateral relationship and celebrate the 19th anniversary of the Sino-Brazilian High Level Commission for Consultation and Cooperation (Cosban).