The Olympic Games being held this month in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, have helped enhance the South American nation’s trade co-operation with China, said the Brazil-China Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

The Portuguese Government last week approved a proposal to establish a Consulate-General in the city of Guangzhou, in China’s Guangdong Province, Portugal’s Council of Ministers announced in a statement.

The Cape Verde-China Friendship Association (AMICACHI) is holding an exhibition this week in the African nation’s city of Mindelo, in São Vicente Island. The event celebrates the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Cape Verde and China, Cape Verdean news agency Inforpress reported.

Angola was ranked third during June as a crude oil supplier to China, according to the latest monthly oil market report from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

China was the largest investor in Mozambique in the first half of 2016. Chinese investment accounted for more than half of total foreign direct investment in the African nation, said the country’s Investment Promotion Centre.

Portugal’s unemployment rate dropped to 10.8 percent in the second quarter, an improvement of 1.6 percentage points from the previous quarter, the European nation’s statistics bureau announced this week.

A Chinese consortium will build a new airport for Mozambique’s Gaza province, reported online news portal Macauhub, quoting the Mozambican newspaper Notícias.

China has pledged to fund the construction of an international highway system linking Guinea-Bissau to neighbouring countries, said the African nation’s Minister of Public Works, Construction and Urban Planning, Malam Banjai.

China’s consumer price index grew 1.8 percent year-on-year in July, down from a 1.9-percent annual hike in June, said the National Bureau of Statistics of China on Tuesday.

Chinese tourists have so far spent on average 72,145 yuan (US$10,830) per head during trips to Brazil this month, Chinese state-run newspaper People’s Daily reported this week. The news outlet didn’t give a figure for the total number of Chinese visitors to Brazil during August up to the date of the report.

The Joint Angola-China Chamber of Commerce is holding a workshop this week on logistics and strategic negotiation, Angolan news agency Angop reported.

The yuan value of China’s exports climbed at a faster pace judged year-on-year in July than a month earlier. But in the same period the pace of year-on-year decline in the country’s imports gathered speed, Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua reported.