China helps to promote Brazil's development with infrastructure construction: Brazilian vice president

China is helping to spur Brazil's development by lending a helping hand to the country's infrastructure sector, said Brazilian Vice President Geraldo Alckmin on June 6 in Beijing

The Brazilian vice president paid an official visit to China from June 4 to 8 at the invitation of Chinese Vice President Han Zheng.

During his visit, Alckmin met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on June 6. Xi said at their meeting that China and Brazil share broad strategic interests as major developing countries and important emerging markets.

Noting that the Brazilian government is committed to inclusive and sustainable development, Alckmin said Brazil is willing to enhance synergy of its development strategies with that of China, welcomes more Chinese enterprises to invest in Brazil, and looks forward to strengthening cooperation with China in such fields as infrastructure construction, agriculture, mining, new energy vehicles, climate change and other fields.

In an interview with the China Central Television (CCTV), the Brazilian vice president said Chinese companies have given Brazil a leg up to the country's infrastructure sector.

"Brazil has launched a new version of its 'growth acceleration' plan to focus on infrastructure construction. We are expanding Brazil's rail system to cover passenger and freight transport in metropolitan areas as agricultural production areas are usually far away from ports and we need to transport the farm products to ports. Chinese companies have already participated in this field. China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC) has built trains and railways in Brazil, and there will be many opportunities for railway companies to do business in Brazil. We will make significant investments in logistics, railways, airports, roads and energy, which will also create many opportunities," he said.

During the interview, Alckmin also talked about climate change which threatens the world including Brazi, saying his country is taking measures to grapple with it.

"We are facing a serious problem -- climate change. Brazil boasts the largest tropical rain forest in the world, the Amazon. Next year, the next United Nations climate change conference will be held in the Amazonian city of Belem. We must be prepared for extreme climate events and cities must possess the ability to deal with them. We need to invest in high-quality infrastructure, safe housing and basic sanitation, and strive to build smart and resilient cities that can cope with the challenges of climate change, whether it is drought, heavy rains or other extreme weather," he said.

China helps to promote Brazil's development with infrastructure construction: Brazilian vice president

China helps to promote Brazil's development with infrastructure construction: Brazilian vice president

China helps to promote Brazil's development with infrastructure construction: Brazilian vice president

China helps to promote Brazil's development with infrastructure construction: Brazilian vice president

China helps to promote Brazil's development with infrastructure construction: Brazilian vice president

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠South China's Guangdong Province has seen its robot manufacturers lead the transition from sending out samples for trial use to fulfilling large-scale overseas orders as one of China's major hubs for foreign trade and smart equipment.

Since the start of 2026, domestically built robots have been given a major opportunity to expand on a large scale in global markets.

Notably, a dedicated customs tariff code for cleaning robots took effect in January, marking a significant step toward large-scale exports for the sector.

The momentum has remained strong in the second half of the year, with overseas orders continuing to grow.

The surge in demand is turning domestically built robots into a new growth engine for China's high-end equipment exports.

"Our overseas shipments are performing extremely well right now. Our cleaning robots are particularly popular in Europe, Japan, Republic of Korea, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. We have seen year-on-year doubling of growth compared with last year. We review production plans for the cleaning robots on a weekly and monthly basis, and shipping schedules are fully booked," said Gong Ziyu, head of CVTE's robotics business group.

"Robots can take over high-risk, high-pressure work, sustaining stable demand. Overseas orders are rising steadily, registering around 40 percent year-on-year growth compared with last year," said Huang Jian, executive of Guangdong Lingdu Intel-tech Development Co., Ltd.

Guangdong-made robots see expansion in overseas orders