Current affairs
Foreign Ministry to survey market for application submission services for visas and residence permits
Finland’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs is planning to launch a tendering process for outsourcing its entry permit application submission services in 2024. As a preparation for the upcoming tendering process, the Ministry will survey the market in autumn 2023.
Finnish companies' short-term outlook on China
Team Finland China conducted a survey on Finnish companies' short-term outlook on China from June 1st to 7th, 2023. 67 out of 365 surveyed Finnish companies responded on their past three months’ view of the development of China's business environment. The findings reveal an average positive perception rate of 52.48% suggesting a positive outlook for China as a business destination. Experience on the development in sales is however close to neutral, indicating uncertainty of the recovery of China’s economy.