| Address from the Economic and Commercial Counsellor |
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| Wednesday,August 06,2008 Posted: 15:54 BJT(0754 GMT) |
| From:Economic and Commercial Counsellor’s Office in Finland Article type:Original |
Welcome to the website of the Economic and Commercial Counsellor’s Office, Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Finland.
Finland and China have been enjoying longstanding and traditional friendship. The two countries established diplomatic relations as early as 1950. In 1953, the inter-governmental trade agreement was signed between the two countries, as the first of its kind in Europe. Over the years, the two nations have witnessed a continuously consolidated political relationship and an ever-developing trade and economic ties.
Finland has been China’s largest trade partner in Nordic region for the last four consecutive years, and bilateral trade in 2007 exceeded 10 billion US dollars. Investment has also seen continuous and new developments, IT, forestry, paper and machinery are the main sectors of Finnish investments. Chinese investment in Finland is still rather modest, yet Chinese companies are displaying more and more interest in Finland. Technology cooperation between two countries is also growing. Finland ranks No. 1 among all the European countries in terms of average value per project.
The sustained, steady and sound economic and trade relations between China and Finland have promoted the development of both economies, and brought benefits to the two peoples as well.
The mission of the Economic and Commercial Counsellor’s Office is to provide consultation and information for both Finnish and Chinese companies, to work as a link between the two governmental departments in charge of economic and trade affairs, and to promote bilateral trade and investment. I sincerely hope the website will become a bridge, facilitating the information exchange and increasing mutual understanding between the two countries.
Given the traditionally sound political relations, complementarities between the two economies, and great passion of the two business communities for cooperation, the bilateral economic and trade cooperation is promising and enjoys enormous potential.
Li Fei
Economic and Commercial Counsellor
Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Finland
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