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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.

Going Global With Us SERIES – Doing Business in Brazil

Overview

  • Population: 210 million (2016)
  • Area: 8,515,770 km2
  • Official language: Portuguese
  • GDP: US$ 2.346 trillion (2014)
  • Major imports: fuels and oils, machinery, electrical equipment, vehicles and vehicle parts, chemicals, plastics, iron and steel
  • Major exports: iron ore, oil, soy beans, sugar cane, coffee, chicken, auto and autoparts, airplanes
  • Largest import partners: USA, China, Argentina, Germany, Japan
    • Singapore is the 4th largest Brazilian trade partner in Asia

    Currency: Brazilian Real (BRL)

    Understanding Brazil

    Federal Republic of Brazil, occupies about half of the land area of South America. Brazil is divided into 26 states and a Federal District, grouped into five regions for administrative and political purposes: the North, the Northeast, the Central West, the Southeast and the South. The population estimated at 206 million (2014), the world’s fifth-largest country and the largest economy in Latin America.

    It is a federal republic with a democratic government composed of an executive branch (headed by a president), a bicameral legislative branch (made up of a House of Representatives and a Federal senate) and a Judicial branch. The country has been politically stable since its current constitution was adopted in 1988, even though the multiplicity of political parties – there are more than 20 – means that coalition governments are normal.

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    Brazil is a member of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur), which was formed in 1991 and includes Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela. The Mercosur bloc represents a combined market of well over 270 million consumers and a collective GDP of $2.9 trillion. It provides for a common external import tax rate for imports from non-member countries – imports from members are generally tax exempt – and allows the free movement of goods and people among member countries.

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    Brazil is also a member of the World Trade Organization and has trade agreements with various other countries.

    Understanding Brazilians