Liberdade Square, a traditional meeting place for Asian cultures in São Paulo, Brazil, will host the free event “Brazil and China: A History of Friendship – China Festival” on 15 and 16 August.

Beihai, a port city in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southern China, and Sines, Portugal, recently completed the procedures to formalise their sister-city relations, according to the People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

China’s plan to accelerate agricultural and rural modernisation during the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026–2030) could create new trade opportunities for Brazil’s agri-food sector.

The newly established China-Portugal Aviation Simulation Technology Research Institute brings together China Southern Airlines, Guangdong University of Technology (GDUT), the University of Saint Joseph (USJ) in Macao and the University of Madeira.

UnionPay International recently announced a pilot programme for cross-border QR-code payment interoperability between China and Brazil.

Ofélia Musseia, Head of the Department for Market, Product and Destination Development and Tourism Information at Mozambique’s Ministry of Economy, recently took part in the Tourism Management Seminar for Portuguese-speaking Countries held in Hainan, China.

Mozambican President Daniel Chapo recently presided over a groundbreaking ceremony for the National Surgical Centre at Maputo Central Hospital.

The 2026 edition of the E-Commerce Brasil Forum was recently held in São Paulo, bringing together companies, experts and professionals to present trends and solutions for e-commerce.

Trade between Angola and China reached US$10.8 billion in the first half of 2026, according to Zhang Bin, China’s Ambassador to Angola. The figure represented more than half of the US$20.8 billion recorded in 2025.

The photographic exhibition “Building a Shared Future: China-Brazil” was recently opened at the Stenography Hall of the Chamber of Deputies, in Brazil’s National Congress in Brasília. The exhibition features more than 30 photographs produced by Xinhua News Agency between 1978 and 2026, chronicling nearly five decades of bilateral relations.

A team from the Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM) and the Department of Biology at the University of Aveiro recently travelled to Shanghai to strengthen co-operation with the East China Sea Fisheries Research Institute (ECSFRI) of the Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences.

Marcelo Gomes, Co-ordinator of Fecomex, the international office of the Federation of Commerce of Goods, Services and Tourism of the State of Goiás (Fecomércio-GO), will join a Brazilian delegation taking part in the Bilateral Business Co-operation Conference with Chinese Industry Leaders, to be held in Beijing from 6 to 9 August.