Photo: Tommy Flakk.Photo: Tommy Flakk
News and events // Last updated: 01/07/2011 //

China’s deputy Prime Minister Li Keqiang and US former state secretary, Henry Kissinger spent the last June weekend of 2011 in Beijing discussing global economic challenges. Accompanying them were various leaders of international organizations, business institutions, and think tanks. Norway was represented by Ambassador Svein Sæther.

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Photo: Shanghai Daily.
News and events // Last updated: 11/01/2011 //

Mr. Bjørn Blokhus, Consul General of Norway in Shanghai, went to Hangzhou to attend the opening ceremony of the new Hangzhou International Information Exchange Center (HiCenter) on the 30th of December 2010.

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Photo: Ministry of Environmental Protection .
News and events // Last updated: 11/11/2010 //

The 4th Annual General Meeting of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED) Phase IV is being held in Beijing 10. – 12 November 2010.

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Prof. Hui-Jun Wang presents the award to Prof. Johannessen on October 26th. at Institute of Atmospheric Physics of CAS in Beijing. 
Photo: Nansen Center.
News and events // Last updated: 02/11/2010 //

Professor Ola M. Johannessen, executive chairman of the Board of the Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center in Bergen, Norway was appointed ”Visiting Professor for Senior International Scientists of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)” for 2010.

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Photo: Scanpix/Statsministerens kontor .
News and events // Last updated: 06/10/2010 //

The Norwegian Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs, Ms. Lisbeth Berg-Hansen, will visit China between the 11th of October and the 15th of October.

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CCICED Executive Vice -Chair Margaret Biggs and the Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao . 
Photo: www.news.cn.
News and events // Last updated: 15/11/2010 //

The 4th Annual Meeting of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED) was successfully closed last Friday, after three days of intense and lively discussions on the topic of this year`s meeting: “Ecosystem Management and Green Development”.

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Photo: Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
News and events // Last updated: 09/11/2010 //

On November 4th to 6th, representatives from 32 countries, including Norway, and 9 organizations and regional groups met in Beijing for a workshop on the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC). The workshop was co-hosted by China, Canada and the BWC Implementation Support Unit

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Delegation meeting State Secretary Espen Barth Eide. 
Photo: Tommy Flakk.
News and events // Last updated: 01/11/2010 //

China has for a long time taken an interest in the Norwegian welfare model. In light of this interest, the Norwegian Embassy in Beijing and the Consulate General in Guangzhou organized a study tour for Chinese participants on October 18th-22nd. The focus was the Norwegian welfare model.

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Director General Mr. Xu Qinghua and Director General Ms. Hæge Andenæs. 
Photo: Gunnvor Berge/MFA.
News and events // Last updated: 29/09/2010 //

The second meeting under the Sino-Norwegian Environmental Cooperation took place at San Ya, Hainan Province, 11. – 13. September. The bilateral cooperation was established in 1995, and renewed by a Memorandum of Understanding in 2008 following the establishment of the Ministry of Environmental Protection of China, MEP. Next year`s meeting will take place in Norway.

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