Current affairs

Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Anne-Mari Virolainen will make a Team Finland visit to Shanghai and Beijing on 4-9 November. She will be accompanied by a business delegation.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Timo Soini will visit Beijing on 26 February–1 March. This is Foreign Minister Soini’s first visit to China. The visit will be hosted by Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi. The programme will include meetings with representatives of the administration and various think tanks.

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs has appointed Jyri Lintunen to serve as a temporary Press Officer at the Embassy of Finland in Beijing. The three-year term will start at the beginning of August.

Visa Application Centres in Xi'an, Chongqing, Hangzhou, Guangzhou and eight other cities bring the service closer to the clients.

The President of the Republic decided to grant side accreditations

Growth in Chinese tourism in Europe. Finland will speed up its visa services by opening Visa Centres in Beijing and Shanghai in May.

Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade Lenita Toivakka will make a Team Finland export promotion trip to Beijing and Shanghai from 26 to 29 January 2015 at the invitation of Minister of Commerce Gao Hucheng of China.

A series of Pure Finland events is launched today in Beijing, presenting Finland widely for Chinese target groups. The first event features Fiskars (Iittala), Marja Kurki, Reima and Suunto.

Liu Yunshan, member of the highest leadership of China, visits Finland

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs annual rotation of Heads of Mission has been completed. Most of the 24 new Heads of Mission took up their positions on 1 September.