Brazil’s interim President, Michel Temer, is due to visit China in September to sign a trade and services co-operation deal with the Asian nation, the Brazilian government said on Friday.

Chinese company Shanghai Electric Power (SEP) and African firm Ncondezi Energy have reached a deal to build a thermoelectric power station in Mozambique, Portuguese news agency Lusa reported.

The amount invested by foreign citizens in Portugal under its so-called Golden Visa scheme more than doubled year-on-year in the first six months of 2016, to 509 million euros (US$563 million), Portuguese news agency Lusa reported on Thursday.

Chinese state-owned power firm China Threes Gorges Corp is interested in wind and solar projects in Brazil besides hydroelectric dams, said this week Li Yinsheng, head of its Brazilian operation.

Gaming services company Macau Legend Development plans to develop an integrated leisure, tourism and entertainment project in Portugal, the firm said.

Brazilian mining group Vale announced it has recently sold three ore cargo ships to a consortium led by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) for a total of US$269 million.

Chinese company China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC) is willing to increase its business in Mozambique, the newspaper Notícias reported this week.

The Portugal-China Youth Entrepreneur Association (also known by the Portuguese acronym AJEPC) and the Algarve Association of Commerce and Services (ACRAL) have signed a protocol aimed at increasing the exports of products from the Portuguese region of Algarve to the Chinese market, Portuguese news agency Lusa reported on Wednesday.

Cape Verde is ranked second in Africa for the quality of its governance according to an index compiled by the World Bank, local newspaper A Semana reported last week.

Brazil posted a trade surplus of US$23.64 billion in the first half of this year, with the result being affected by the nation’s weakening currency, the Brazilian real, said the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade last week.

Hospitals in Portugal might consider having services offering Traditional Chinese Medicine; including pharmacies to dispense them, said this week the European nation’s Director-General of Health, Francisco George.

Manufacturing activity in China slowed in June, given weak demand in domestic and overseas markets, said the National Bureau of Statistics of China.