Embassy of Finland in China

Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden to the west, Norway to the north and Russia to the east, while Estonia lies to the south across the Gulf of Finland........ Read More

Embassy

Address: Beijing Kerry Centre Level 26, South Tower Guanghua Lu 1 Postal Code: 100020 Tel:  ( ? ) (+86) 10 8519 8300 Fax: (+86) 10 8519 8301 Email: sanomat.pek@formin.fi Website: Website

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Finland-China Relations

Finnish-Chinese relations are the foreign relations between Finland and China.

History

Along with Sweden and Denmark, Finland was one of the first Western countries to recognize the People's Republic of China and form diplomatic relations with the country in 1950. The embassy in Beijing was opened in April 1952, and the first resident Finnish ambassador to China, Helge von Knorring, presented his letter of credence to Mao Zedong on 9 May 1952.

Later that same year, an economic department headed by Olavi J. Mattila was opened at the embassy to foster the development of trade relations. As a consequence, Finland became the first capitalistic country to sign a bilateral trade agreement with the People's Republic of China in 1953.

These steps, as well as Finland's staunch support for PRC's membership in the UN, formed a solid basis to the nations' relations well into the 1980s. Since the early 1990s, there has been at least one official minister-level state visit from Finland to China each year.

Trade

Finland and China have had an agreement on economic, industrial, scientific and technological co-operation since 1973, and the agreement was last revised in 2005. The two principal trade organizations between the countries are Finland-China Trade Association and the China Council for Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT).

One of the fastest growing areas of trade between the two countries are in environmental protection and information technology

Sister cities

Shanghai-Espoo

The cities of Espoo and Shanghai are sister cities since 1998. Ever since, various collaboration programs have been carried out in areas of science and technology, urban development, culture, education, health care and environmental protection. The last high-level meeting was in June 2012 when the Mayor of Espoo, Mr Jukka Mäkelä, met the Mayor of Shanghai , Mr Han Zheng, during a visit to China.

In recent years, Finland-China relations have been strengthened by various Espoo- Shanghai actions.

Aalto University signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Tongji University and thereafter Aalto Design Factory Shanghai was established to Tongji University Campus during spring 2010.

China - Finland ICT Alliance was initiated in April 2009 with workshops in Beijing and Shanghai , opened by Mr. Matti Vanhanen, Former Prime Minister of Finland and Mr. Wan Gang, Minister of Science and Technology of China. The initiative is run by TIVIT Oy - Strategic Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation in ICT.

China Finland Golden Bridge Innovation Center, an Espoo based transparent service platform supported by both countries' governments. In March 2010, the Golden Bridge Memorandum of understanding was signed by Chinese vice Minister of Commerce Mr GAO Hucheng and Finnish Minister of Economic Affairs Mr Mauri Pekkarinen.

Rovio, Espoo based Finnish video game developer and entertainment company, creator of Angry Birds, opened first oversea office in Baoshan district Shanghai in October 2011. In July 2012, Rovio opened Angry Birds brand store in Shanghai .

Zhongguancun ZPark Software Park, China's largest science and technology park, settled in Espoo in year 2012.

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If you are from Finland and you wish to visit china, Please Visit China Embassy in Finland

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