As major emerging economies in the world, China and Brazil are complementary in multi-sectoral development by playing respective leadership roles in their respective regions and by playing their respective advantages and optimizing coordination and collaboration, according to Sergio Rial, Chairman of the Board of Directors at Vibra Energia (Brazil).
When talking with China Global Television Network (CGTN) on Saturday, Rial shed light on the cooperation in major areas that can be further expanded in the future between the two countries, including trade, infrastructure and renewable energy.
"So there are a number of things. So when I come to your question around China in Brazil, they complement each other tremendously. They are big countries in their own regions. So they have respective leadership roles in their respective regions," said Rial.
As the largest trading partner of Brazil, China has set a good example in multiple fields, such as infrastructure and logistics, according to the expert.
"China is one of the world's greatest examples of infrastructure where Brazil needs and will continue to probably depend on future investments. I think the third it could be in a number of things, logistics for example. Today, the trade between Brazil and China has increased five, six, seven times, when you look at the last couple of years. Today, China is Brazil's largest trading partner on a number of fronts," he said. As China continues to emerge in the field of new energy, Brazil can seek more new cooperation opportunities as the Latin American country now is pooling its strength to explore the renewable energy sector, according to him.
"China has been a phenomenal example of transforming its energy grid to more renewable. So Brazil is now building a very, very solid wind and solar energy industry. So I think there is again here complementarity where probably China will be able not only to sell solar panels and batteries and everything that has to do with the industry but can also invest and be part of that evolution," Rial said.
China, Brazil complementary in development by playing respective leadership roles: expert
A palm-sized electric vehicle (EV) charger and a customized new energy garbage truck are among the latest cutting-edge products hogging the limelight at the 136th Canton Fair, which concluded its first phase on Saturday in south China's Guangzhou City.
The portable EV charger, developed by U.S. industrial conglomerate Honeywell and applicable to most types of EVs, turned a lot of heads at the event, also known as the China Import and Export Fair.
It can be used even at high-altitude areas and be connected to cell phones.
The charger is now available for purchase on online shopping platforms in the run-up to China's annual "Double 11", or Singles' Day, shopping festival which falls on Nov. 11.
"This is our latest product, and it sells at only 599 yuan during the 'Double 11.' We have raised the portable charger's rate of power to 3.5 kilowatts, and it can fully charge a car in around 10 hours. We are quite surprised to see so many more guests this year, especially those from South America and Eastern Europe, who are interested in new energy chargers. We expect a significant increase of orders this year," said Zhang Shaozhi, an exhibitor at Honeywell's exhibition booth.
Meanwhile, Skyworth, known as an electric appliance producer, is exhibiting its new garbage truck at the new energy vehicle area.
The truck, with a load capacity of 3.2 tonnes, features a driving cab which can be assembled by drivers themselves.
Equipped with a lighter vehicle chassis and noise absorption devices, the truck caters to the needs of environmental protection in South and Central Asian countries.
"The chassis is very light, so it can carry 600 kilograms more than a vehicle of the same class," said an exhibitor at Skyworth's exhibition booth.
The import exhibition at the Phase 1 of the Canton Fair has attracted 213 participating enterprises from 28 countries and regions. So far, the Phase 1 has seen more than 200 new product launch events online and offline.
The 136th Canton Fair opened on Oct. 15 and will run through Nov. 4 in three phases, with the second phase to be held between Oct. 23 and 27, and the third between Oct. 31 to Nov. 4, respectively.
Palm-sized EV charger, customized garbage truck shine at Canton Fair
