| Chinese Business Delegation visited Finland |
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| Wednesday,August 05,2009 Posted: 19:30 BJT(30 GMT) Economic and Commercial Counselor's Office in Finland |
On July 10, the Chinese Trade and Investment Promotion Delegation headed by Mr. Gao Hucheng, Vice Minister of Ministry of Commerce visited Finland.
The 240 members of the Delegation are from more than 150 enterprises over 20 provinces of China. Of the enterprises, there are service enterprises of logistics and transportation, and investment & consulting, as well as manufacture enterprises involving such fields as electronics, machinery, paper making, Bio-Pharmaceutical and new energy.
Over 600 business representatives from China and Finland business circle attended the Finland China Economic and Trade Forum, jointly sponsored by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Employment and the Economy of Finland, with a theme topic of "Cooperation, Innovation and Win-win" Gao Hucheng, the Vice Minister of Commerce and Head of the Chinese Delegation, Finnish Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Paavo Väyrynen and Minister of Economic Affairs Mauri Pekkarinen all delivered speech at the Forum. The Chinese party introduced its international cooperation on hi-tech and service trade, preferential policies for overseas investment and the China Export Commodities Fair, while the Finnish party introduced its innovation and investment environment and competitive industries.
The signing ceremony was held during the forum between the companies of the two countries concerning telecommunication and paper making industry. A memorandum of mutual investment promotion was also signed.
After the Trade and Economic Forum and the signing ceremony, Gao Hucheng and Väyrynen held talks and exchanged views over expanding bilateral investment cooperation and the WTO Doha Round negotiations.
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