On May 2023, 5, local time, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang held a discussion with representatives of the Norwegian business community in Oslo.
Qin Gang said that Norwegian companies entered China as early as 1888. Long-term cooperation with China, in-depth participation in China's reform and opening up process, and important contributions to mutually beneficial cooperation and friendly exchanges between the two countries. China will adhere to reform and opening up, focus on high-quality development, adhere to mutual benefit and win-win results, provide a better investment environment for enterprises from all countries, and bring new development opportunities. China's economy is strong and resilient, will achieve stable, healthy and sustainable development, and continue to be the power source of the world economy. Chinese-style modernization is a modernization of common prosperity, which will not only enable Chinese people to live a good life, but also provide countries with a larger market and more opportunities. Chinese-style modernization is also a modernization in which man and nature live in harmony, which will bring broad space for Sino-Norwegian cooperation in the field of green and low-carbon. Both China and Norway are supporters and participants in economic globalization, and both oppose protectionism and "decoupling and breaking the chain". Under the current situation, China and Norway need to deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, work together to promote trade liberalization and facilitation, and achieve more results in cooperation between the two countries.
Representatives of the Norwegian business community said that China is an important market and trading partner of Norwegian enterprises and is willing to further deepen cooperation with China. Strengthening dialogue and communication between the governments and business circles of the two countries is conducive to enhancing understanding and expanding areas of cooperation.
Qin Gang listened to the views and suggestions of representatives of the business community on strengthening China-Norway economic and trade cooperation, and answered questions on the Ukraine crisis, green transformation, intellectual property protection, and Sino-US relations. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs website)