Current Affairs

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. Read more

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. Read more

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”. Read more

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. Read more

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 Read more

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. Read more

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. Read more

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. Read more

The co-operation between Rogaland and Guangdong was confirmed through the signature of a provisional sister province agreement in Guangzhou September 17th. Read more

A high level delegation from Norway’s energy, shipping and seafood region made a ten day trip to China to look for cooperation opportunities. Read more

The 2010 Chinese Culture Festival in Norway will be held between the 4th to the 12th of September. The opening gala will be held in the Oslo Concert house. Read more

Chongqing and Sør-Trøndelag plan to deepen their twinning relationship with a set of events of culture, business, research and education between the 30th of May and the 1st of June. The cultural program includes an impressive roster of Norwegian artists such as the Trondheim Soloists, Sissel Kyrkjebø and Håkon Gullvåg. Read more

Elise Chen came to Norway from China in 1983, and has since 1994 been working for cultural exchange between Norway and China. She is on the Top 10 list because of her commitment as director in China-Norway Culture promotion, Program Director for Chinese Culture Festival and Chairman of Norwegian-Chinese Chamber of Commerce. Read more

On Nov. 25, 2009, Ambassador Svein O. Sæther together with Cultural Attache Tone Helene Aarvik, 2nd Secretary Erling Hoem and 2nd Secretary Tommy Flakk visited Xinhua News Agency, on the ocassion of its soon to be opened Oslo representative office. Read more

CRI Online, the official multi-language website of China Radio International (CRI), China's only state international radio broadcaster, formally launched six more foreign language services on September 23, including Norwegian, making the total number of language services operated on CRI Online to 59. Read more

A group of twenty adventurous persons gathered at the Guangzhou Consul General's residence yesterday. All of the guests are on their way to a cruise around the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic this summer. Svalbard (Spitzbergen) is located at between 74 and 81 degrees north, close to the North Pole. Read more

Norway's Minister of the Environment and International Development, Mr. Erik Solheim, opened the new Norwegian Consulate General in Guangzhou on July 3rd. Read more

Mr. Sidney Wong of the Norwegian Consulate in Hong Kong has been awarded the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit for his outstanding and professional service to Norwegian interests in Hong Kong throughout four decades. Read more

The Visa Section of the Norwegian Consulate General in Guangzhou opened Monday 27. October. Read more

Mr. Liu Cheng Chan, also known as C. C. Liu, has been appointed as honorary consul of Norway in Hong Kong and Macau. Read more