Minister Giske at Frontline Ship yard at Waigaoqiao. Front, second from right Consul General Fred H. Nomme, back left Consul Bjørn Blokhus. Photo: NHD

The Norwegian Minister of Trade and Industry Mr. Trond Giske Visits China

News and events // 05/02/2010 //

The Norwegian Minister of Trade and Industry Mr. Trond Giske was in China January 11-14. The purpose of his visit was to promote Sino-Norwegian trade and Norwegian export to China.

I Love Salmon Campaign

News and events // 09/02/2010 //

The Norwegian Seafood Export Council (NSEC), launched a month-long online “I Love Salmon” Chinese New-Year and Valentines’ Day campaign in partnership with renren.com, China’s largest online social networking site which is similar to Facebook.

Nordic Expo cooperation launched

News and events // 02/02/2010 //

The Nordic Countries today launched their program for cooperation for the run up to and duration of the World EXPO 2010 in Shanghai.

Norway increases its aid to Haiti

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Norwegian aid to the earthquake victims in Haiti is to be increased to NOK 100 million (USD 17.5 millon).

Norwegian Minister of Trade and Industry Giske opens seminar on Corporate Social Responsibility in Beijing

News and events // 18/01/2010 //

The Norwegian Minister of Trade and Industry Mr. Trond Giske opened a Sino-Norwegian seminar on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Beijing Wednesday 13 January. The seminar was co-organized by the Norwegian Embassy, Innovation Norway, the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO) and their Chinese counterpart China Enterprise Confederation (CEC),. More than 100 participants had found th...

Statoil and Statkraft win offshore wind power contract for Dogger Bank

News and events // 13/01/2010 //

January 8 the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced the winners of licence bidding Round 3 in the UK’s new gigantic programme for renewable energy. The bidding consortium Forewind won the licence for Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Farm.

Social Security – a Driver in a Competitive Economy?

News and events // 13/01/2010 //

The introduction of a comprehensive social security system is a much debated question in China – and questions related to social security and equitable distribution of wealth is an area of co-operation between Chinese and Norwegian institutions. From January 6 to 8, Norwegian economist Jo Thori Lind held a series of lectures in Guangzhou on the Nordic Model of social security.

Åsne Seierstad in Beijing

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After living with the Kabul bookseller Sultan Khan for three months in the spring of 2002, Norwegian journalist Åsne Seierstad penned this astounding portrait of a nation recovering from war, undergoing political flux and mired in misogyny and poverty. Now among the most widely read accounts of Afghanistan after the Taliban, Seierstad's experiences – told first hand – are not to be missed.