Brazil imported 17.8 GW of PV modules in 2022, enabling investments of more than BRL 64 billion, according to a report published by Brazilian consultancy Greener. The amount is 73% higher than that recorded in 2021, when 10.3 GW were imported.

The Mayor of Braga, Ricardo Rio, received last week a delegation of Chinese entrepreneurs led by the Ambassador of China in Portugal, Zhao Bantang. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Portugal – China Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Bank of China, chinese construction, renewable energy and technology companies.

On the 24th of February, a seminar was held at the City Hall of São Paulo to discuss the creation of a Chinatown in the city of São Paulo. The seminar was attended by representatives of the Chinese community, city experts, and members of trade associations. The group discussed needs and strategies for creating and valuing the chosen region.

While the Future 17Line Monorail of the São Paulo Metro is not ready to connect Morumbi to Congonhas Airport, Byd Skyrail will present in São Paulo a prototype similar to the trains being built in its factory in China. The presentation will be took place at Intermodal South America in São Paulo Expo, from the 28th of February.

Maporal pork production unit, in Reguengos de Monsaraz (Évora), already exports to 25 markets, but wants to reach 80 and increase the annual turnover from 45 to 120 million euros in 2024, said Nuno Correia, administrator and shareholder of the company.

At the afternoon of the 23rd of February, Domingos Bragança, Mayor of Guimarães, met with the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China in Portugal, Zhao Bentang, with the Secretary General of the Luso-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Bernardo Mendia, and with the Secretary General of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Portugal – Hong Kong, Carlos Torres, with the aim of promoting economic and cultural cooperation between Guimarães and China.

The governor of Bahia, Jerónimo Rodrigue, confirmed the negotiation of the Lula government with the Chinese automaker BYD for the resumption of the former Ford factory in Camaçari, Bahia.

The former Portuguese prime minister, Durão Barroso, carried out a private visit to Macau on the 21st of February and had lunch with the Chief Executive, Ho Iat Seng.

Foz do Iguaçu, in southern Brazil, has declared the Chinese New Year as the city’s official festival. The mayor of the city, Chico Brasileiro, signed a law on the 25th of February that included the Chinese New Year in the calendar of festivities in the locality, where the famous Iguaçu Falls are located, a set of 275 falls that are a natural heritage of humanity.

After advances perceived by SPIC Brasil in simulators used in the operation of the hydroelectric plant São Simão, which has a capacity of 1,710 MW, the projects developed by startups AQS Tecnologia and Sense + will soon be available to the market.

The Simão Mendes National Hospital, the main hospital in Guinea-Bissau, is now offering consultations for asthma patients, which is described as “something unprecedented” by the doctor in charge, Ibrahim Silva Danso, a general practitioner trained in China who has been working in the country’s main hospital for a year.

Starting the 23rd of February, TVT will air a series of Chinese educational programs and documentaries. The productions contemplate the art, poetry and history of the Asian giant from a foreign perspective. The content will be shown on open TV channel 44.1 and also on TVT YouTube channel.