Exploring the Chinese market through our gateway: The Great Bay Area

After the COVID times and for the second year, we are back to Dongguan presenting our services and products.

April 2024, in Dongguan at the 8th China International Food Fair. Sapiens Global occupied a 18sqm booth in the International Pavilion, showing products from Brazil, Portugal and Austria.
Coffee, yerba-mate tea and cocoa alcoholic beverages were among the Brazilian F&B products, some already being sold in China. From Portugal, organic and natural Mediterranean almonds and the wines from the North, the Vinho Verde Region. From Austria, the soft drink AlpenCola.
Three days of hard work and hundreds of visitors, coming to taste our products.

Dongguan Sister City Link 2021

Investment & Trade Promotion Webinar

Sapiens Global was proud to support Dongguan Sister City Link 2021, an event connecting eight cities in six countries, three continents. The event, last July 30, 2021, presented more than 70 people attending the Investment & Trade Promotion Webinar. Sapiens Global was represented by its CEO Helio Galvão Ciffoni and Jocemar Medeiros, Director for New Business Promotion (Latin America).
Among the cities, two of them were invited and promoted by Sapiens Global: Maringá (Brazil) and Barcelos (Portugal). ACIM – Associação Comercial e Empresarial de Maringá and ACIB – Associação Comercial e Industrial de Barcelos promoted some of their most important local companies. Sapiens Global would like to thank the fabulous efforts of Marcos Cordiolli, Secretary of Economic Development and Innovation from Maringá, Helmer Romero, Director of Tourism at the City of Maringá and Mayor Ulisses Maia, who presented us with a valuable vision of the City and the planning for the years to come. Maringá, along with Barcelos and Dongguan, are part of the 3C3C Alliance, a platform developed by Sapiens Global to develop business and cultural interchange, among the 3C3C – Three Cities, Three Continents.

3rd Council of The Dongguan People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries

This 2nd of December, 2019 marked the ceremony of appointment for new ten members at the DGAFFC. An event at the Winnerway Dongguan Hotel introduced the new by-elected members. A lecture by Dr. Fu Lang, Standing Deputy Chairman of Guangdong Public Diplomacy Association on the topic of “Public Diplomacy and People to People Exchanges” followed the ceremony for honouring the by-elected board members.

Sapiens Global and opportunities under the 3C3C Project for FACIAP, Parana State Federation of Chambers of Commerce

The 3C3C Project – Three Cities, Three Continents, created and managed by Sapiens Global is a platform to integrate chambers of commerce, governmental agencies and entrepreneurs, defined in groups of three cities in three different continents.
Last September, Mr. Helio Ciffoni, Sapiens Global’s CEO payed a visit to Mr. Marco Tadeu Barbosa, President of FACIAP at his office in Curitiba, Brazil. Along with Mr. Ciffoni, the Secretary Executive of CODESUL, Mr. Wilson Quinteiro, gave his testimony about the 3C3C Seminar attended by him and also explained the expected opportunities for the companies from Parana State.

3C3C – Three Cities, Three Continents

A new platform for cultural interchange and innovation in trade was created by Sapiens Global, connecting the cities of Barcelos (Portugal), Dongguan (China) and Maringá (Brazil). A Chinese mission with 15 people met 15 Portuguese and 5 Brazilian entrepreneurs in Barcelos. From June 10th to 12th, the government representatives of the three cities and the entrepreneurs discussed trading, tourism and technology development. About 16 business opportunities are under development by Sapiens Global, along with DYEA (Dongguan Young Entrepreneurs Association), ACIB (Associação Comercial e Industrial de Barcelos) and CODESUL (Agência de Integração e Desenvolvimento do Sul do Brasil).