从继承语的社会文化视角出发，关注继承语在社会流动或移民群体的身份（重新）认同、构建和转型过程中发挥的作用，具体介绍并讨论在东莞的巴西人社区，葡萄牙语作为巴西学龄儿童继承语的学习情况及其教学特点。为此，我们首先介绍在中国（东莞）背景下葡萄牙语作为继承语的使用情况，并简要回顾继承语的由来以及近年来围绕该话题开展的研究。之后，为了更好地了解东莞的巴西人社区的特点和该群体所面临的挑战，我们将根据通过实地考察、访谈和调查收集的数据进行分析。探究能够推动葡萄牙语作为继承语在当地发展的政策和举措，并重新思考中国和巴西政府对东莞开展葡萄牙语作为继承语教学的学校的认证问题。 Starting from the sociocultural perspective of Heritage Language and, therefore, its role for (re)identification, organization and transformation of social groups on mobility or migration contexts, this chapter present and discuss some characteristics about the teaching of Portuguese as a Heritage Language (PHL) for school aged members of Brazilian community in Dongguan, China. For this, we do an introduction about the general context of PHL in China and make a brief literature review about the concept of Heritage Language to present the recent movement and engagement of Brazilian parents and researchers to develop and include this topic on research and language planning agendas. To better understand the features and challenges of the Brazilian community in Dongguan, we will base our discussion on data collected by field trips, interviews and surveys. Our objective is bring forward the reasons for the need to enlarge the discussion about the implementation of policies and actions to promote PHL and need of rethink the recognition and accreditation of this schools by the host country and Brazilian governments.