(Original title: Lula¡¯s appearance, ¡°Special thanks to China¡±)

On October 9, Brazil¡¯s President Lula attended a ceremony at the Brazilian plant of the Chinese company Biady.

Lula said at the ceremony, ¡°We will continue to strengthen our relations with China,¡± and that China has been Brazil¡¯s largest trading partner for 15 years.

Lula said,"We regard each other as important countries in the global South" and "we want to be respected and treated with dignity." He emphasized that he hopes to establish the same relationship with other countries in the world.

The plant is located in Camasari, in the northeastern state of Bahia.

On October 9, 2025 local time, in Camasari, Brazil, Brazilian President Lula and BYD founder and chairman Wang Chuanfu attended the inauguration ceremony of the BYD factory Visual China

According to BYD's official Weibo, on October 9, BYD's 14 millionth new energy vehicle was officially rolled off the production line at its Brazilian factory.

The company¡¯s founder and chairman, Wang Sanfu, attended the ceremony, saying it was the company¡¯s largest factory outside of Asia.

According to Wang, the move aims to strengthen Biady's layout in the Brazilian market, while using the new plant as a base for exports to other Latin American countries.

Electric vehicles, the vast majority of which are China brands, are gaining a growing market share in Brazil. According to industry data, electric vehicles have accounted for 10% of Brazil's domestic market sales since 2025.

Luigi Costa, Director of the Civil Office of the Brazilian Presidential Office, thanked China at the ceremony on 9 October, stressing the importance of the country for global growth, especially in the field of technology. Costa said: ¡°I want to thank and express my sincere admiration for the efforts of the Chinese people in the past and now,¡± he compared China¡¯s transformation into a world tech power in just a few decades to the efforts of the Baiyan people to overcome the economic difficulties in the region.

Costa also emphasized the importance of cultural diversity and integration in BYD's new factory. "Here, it may be the reflection of President Lula's dream of shared opportunities for mankind as elaborated at the United Nations. Seeing young people with black, Bahia and Chinese faces working together in this factory is a cause for pride for those who dream of building a united society." Costa concluded and emphasized the symbolic significance of the plant as a space for international cooperation and common progress.

Lula and Wang Chuanfu clenched their hands

Previously reported:

Brazilian president celebrates the connotation of Chinese companies opening factories and the United States and Europe: Anyone who wants to leave can leave

On August 15 local time, Brazilian President Lula attended the inauguration ceremony of Great Wall Motor's factory in Ilasemapolis, Sao Paulo.

"Made in Brazil, proud!" Lula posted on the social media X platform: "This means that Brazil will usher in more industry, more jobs and more technology! Brazil is accelerating towards the future!"

Screenshot of Lula's tweet

According to Reuters, Mr. Lula told the ceremony that the Brazilian government welcomed foreign companies to do business in Brazil, while also referring to US and Western companies leaving the Brazilian market. "Count on the Brazilian government," he said. "Those who want to leave will leave, and those who want to come will be welcomed with open arms."

In his speech, Lula criticized US President Trump for imposing a 50% tariff on Brazilian goods, which caused Brazil to face "unnecessary turmoil". Earlier this month, Lula said that he would talk to the BRICS group, including China, to discuss how to deal with Trump's tariff threat.

Lula pointed out that in the event that American companies such as Ford and German companies such as Mercedes have been evacuated from Brazil, companies such as Long Wall Automobile chose to enter.

On the 15th, Lula and Vice President Alkmin attended the inauguration ceremony of the Great Wall Motor Factory. Brazilian media

The Brazilian "Global" that China's electric car manufacturer, Long Wall Automobile, opened the Yaroslavl plant on the 15th, with the goal of starting production of 30,000 cars annually by the end of 2025 and creating 1,000 jobs. Long Wall Automobile is expected to invest 4 billion reais (approximately 53,2 billion yuan) in Brazil by 2026 and another 6 billion reais is expected to be invested between 2027 and 2032.

According to reports, Great Wall Motors' factory in Iracemapolis, formerly the headquarters of Mercedes-Benz, stopped production in December 2020 after four years of operation due to "Brazilian market conditions and epidemic". Great Wall Motors has since acquired the plant, which includes 1.20 million square meters of land, all buildings and production equipment.

Coincidentally, after more than a century in business, Ford Motor shut its Camassari plant in Brazil's Bahia state in 2021, citing the dire economic situation, leaving thousands of workers unemployed. In July 2023, BYD took over the abandoned factory and announced that it would set up a large production base complex.

The Long Wall Car Factory in San Paolo, Illinois

The company is the first to receive the Mover certification from the Brazilian federal government and will focus on the production of hybrid and electric vehicles in the future. The company will provide electric platforms (hybrid vehicles, plug-in hybrid vehicles and electric vehicles) and smart connectivity platforms to Brazilian factories.

Brazilian Vice President Alckmin said at the ceremony: "Great Wall Motors has greatly promoted the development of the whole production chain, especially the auto parts industry. At present, 700 jobs have been created here. By the beginning of next year, it is expected that there will be an increase of 1,300 and 10,000 indirect jobs will be created. After all, the supply chain of the automobile industry is very long."

China's ambassador to Brazil, Xi Jinping, said: "Today, China-Pakistan cooperation not only has established a solid foundation in traditional fields such as energy, agriculture, telecommunications, infrastructure, but is rapidly expanding to emerging fields such as the digital economy, green economy, pharmaceutical industry, artificial intelligence, aerospace."

¡°Large Wall Automobile is rewriting the rules of the Brazilian automotive industry,¡± Brazil¡¯s Rio Times on Friday that the company just opened a new factory, officially becoming the first company to produce plug-in hybrid vehicles in Brazil, joining the ranks of global automakers made in Brazil.

The introduction of plug-in hybrid vehicles locally in Brazil is more than the car itself, but also marks Brazil¡¯s becoming a new battlefield for global automakers and a new regional automotive innovation hub.