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Companies Import More Than 1,000 Chinese Workers per Month to Brazil
Key takeaways
- The main destination for Chinese investments in 2025, Brazil is experiencing a movement that goes beyond the arrival of companies from the Asian country.
- Over the past three years, work visas for Chinese citizens have steadily increased, according to data from Brazil’s Justice Ministry.
- Authorizations for Chinese nationals accounted for 38% of all work visas issued to foreigners in the first quarter of this year.
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The main destination for Chinese investments in 2025, Brazil is experiencing a movement that goes beyond the arrival of companies from the Asian country. Workers are arriving alongside them.
Over the past three years, work visas for Chinese citizens have steadily increased, according to data from Brazil’s Justice Ministry. The average has exceeded 1,000 registrations per month since June 2025.
Authorizations for Chinese nationals accounted for 38% of all work visas issued to foreigners in the first quarter of this year. There were 3,193 authorizations out of a total of 8,232 registrations.
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