Chinese Investments In Brazil: Investment Data, Public Policies For Investment Facilitation And The Case Of The Manaus Industrial Pole

The focus of this report is Chinese investments in Brazil. We begin by presenting data on the evolution and main characteristics of Chinese investments from 2010 to the present day, followed by our findings on financing, credit and trade. Next, we discuss political-diplomatic relations between China and Brazil and the main public policies designed to facilitate and promote foreign direct investment in the country from the time of the Dilma Rousseff administration (2011-2016) to the governments of Michel Temer (2016-2018) and Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2022). We have crossed information to assess the extent to which, if any, diplomatic visits and public policies have facilitated the entrance of Chinese investors in each sector. Finally, we examine a case study on the factories of Chinese manufacturing companies in the Special Economic Zone of Manaus, specifically in the Manaus Industrial Pole, located in the Amazon region.