Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Touchstone Capital Group, a Chinese leading company in financial solution provider, has agreed to fund billions of US dollar to a railway tunnel project connecting Finland and Estonia on the …
Chinese company to invest in Finland’s longest tunnel Read More
China scheduled its pair of giant pandas named Mao Er and Xing Er to land in Denmark in April, 4th 2019. The pandas will transfer from the Panda Base in …
China’s two pandas coming to Denmark in April Read More
Wonderful Copenhagen, an official tourism organization for the Capital Region of Denmark, cooperated with Copenhagen Airport and Aalborg Airport to launch a project that will make the transportation easier for …
Copenhagen plans to share Chinese tourists with Aalborg in 2019 Read More
Sweden’s equivalent to CIA is investigating Anna Lindstedt, the Ambassador of Sweden to China, after she was alleged of set up secret meetings without the awareness of the Swedish Ministry …
Sweden investigates its Ambassador to China involving in secret meetings Read More
Greencarrier Freight Services, the large global logistics company in the Nordic region, expands their market in China by opening up a new office in Mainland China, according to their press …
Greencarrier opens its new office in Tianjin, China. Read More
Two Huawei employees have been expelled from Denmark by Danish authorities after a work permit inspection. According to the police, four of Huawei’s staff failed to comply with laws covering residence …
Two Huawei employees expelled from Denmark Read More
LEGO, the world leading Danish toy-maker, has announced its plan to open more 80 shops up from 60 shops at present across 30 different Chinese cities at the end of the …
LEGO plans to have 140 shops in China this year Read More
Kone, a Finnish global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, expects to see no growth or a decline in orders from China this year. Because of the falling installations in China, …
Kone expects Chinese demand to stable in 2019 Read More
Air Cargo Global opened its new direct route between Avinor Oslo Airport and Tianjin Binhai International Airport in China on Thursday, 17 January 2019. The new route will initially operate twice …
Air Cargo opens its seafood direct route between Oslo and Tianjin Read More
Stena Line, the Swedish ferry company, commenced the ‘launching’ ceremony of the first of its next generation of RoPax vessel taking place at the Avic Weihai Shipyard in China. Stena …
Stena Line’s first new generation ferry ‘floats’ in China Read More
Juneyao Air will open a direct route from Shanghai Pudong Airport to Helsinki Airport. Daily flights will be available on June-July 2019 and operated with a new Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. New …
New direct flight from Shanghai to Finland Read More
Nils Stenseth, a Norwegian scientist has won the 2018 International Scientific Cooperation Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) along with Singaporean and Japanese scientists on Thursday, 18th January …
China gives Award to Norwegian scientist Read More
A Swedish defence agency has warned that one of Chinese satellite stations located in Sweden could be serving the Chinese military. Officially known as the China Remote Sensing Satellite North …
Satellite station in Sweden can be serving Chinese military Read More
Finnish dairy company Valio has earned an export permit from the Chinese authorities. The export permit gives Valio great opportunities to export its baby milk powder and ready-to-feed liquid infant …
Finish Company, Valio gets export license from China. Read More
Tibet Airlines will be the first Chinese airline to commence long haul flights between Finland and Jinan, located half way between Beijing and Shanghai. If the prices are attractive and …
First Chinese airline to commence flights directly to Finland Read More
President Sauli Niinistö and his spouse, Mrs. Jenni Haukio, will make a state visit to China on January 14-15, 2019. President Sauli Niinistö will meet with President of China Xi …
The President of Finland to visit China on 14 – 15 January 2019 Read More
Heilongjiang Asia-Europe Animal Husbandry Co. Ltd., the largest Danish-Chinese pig farm with 73,000 pigs, has been hit by an outbreak of the deadly African swine fever. The disease has infected …
African swine fever hits largest Danish-Chinese pig farm Read More
Maersk, the Danish world’s biggest container shipper will shut a transport container factory in China. The company’s Dongguan container factory, which has 2,240 employees and can produce 100,000 40-foot containers a …
Maersk shuts container factory in China Read More
On 28 November a Nordic milestone of sorts occurred in Hong when the Nordic Innovation House – Hong Kong (NIH-HK) was inaugurated. Its importance was also acknowledged by the very …
Nordic Innovation House – Hong Kong opened Read More
Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has secured new orders in Taiwan and China at the turn of the new year. Vestas has secured a 18 MW order in Taiwan with …
Vestas has won orders in Taiwan, China Read More
On behalf of the European Blockchain Centre at IT University of Copenhagen and the Tech Ambassador of Denmark, the Innovation Centre Denmark in Shanghai on 13-16 November arranged the first …
Inaugural China-Denmark Blockchain Experts’ Dialogue Read More
A forum was organized earlier in November by one of China’s leading think tanks, China Center for Globalization (CCG). Mats harborn, President for EUCCC described it as “excellent”: “We discussed …
China Center for Globalization held forum Read More
At the Next-Gen Energy & Cross-Border Innovation Summit, as part of CleanConnect 2018 summit in Nanjing (held in November), the results for the EU-China Cleantech Competition were presented. Swedish innovative …
Swedish top trio in EU-China Cleantech Competition Read More
A Nordic start up night in ‘China’s silicon Valley’ Shenzhen took place on 16 November, organised by Nordic China Startup Forum. ‘Nordic China Startup Night – Lets Connect the World’s …
Nordic China Startup Night held in Shenzhen Read More
‘Are you ready for co-creation, user-centricity and digitalization in China?’ This was the theme of this year’s Corporate Innovation Day, which Shanghai – Innovation Centre Denmark co-organized together with Sino-Danish …
Danish-Chinese Corporate Innovation Day held in Beijing Read More
In early December DCCC (Danish Chamber of Commerce China) visited the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China (MOFCOM) in Beijing. The DCCC’s Acting Chairman, Mathias Boyer, along …
DCCC visited the Ministry of Commerce Beijing Read More
On 12 December, the Embassy of Denmark in China held their very first Christmas market. 600 visitors came to the Christmas market, where they could enjoy Danish ‘æbleskiver’ (Danish dougnuts) …
Danish Embassy in China held their first Christmas Market Read More
On 20th November, European Chamber President Mats Harborn led a small delegation to meet with Wang Zhaoxing, Vice Chairman of the newly formed China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC), …
EU Chamber China President Mats Harborn met China Banking Commission Read More
34th Joint Business Council Between Taiwan and Sweden was held in Taipei on 20 November – this year focusing on Smart Cities and Sustainable Societies. Over 200 participants and a …
34th Joint Business Council Taiwan-Sweden Read More
Norway’s second largest bridge, Hålogaland Bridge, opened on 9 december. Chinese company Sichuan Road and Bridge Group delivered the steel constructions and was responsible for the mounting of the bridge, …
Chinese built bridge in Norway opened for traffic Read More
Swedish IKEA has announced a new partnership with Chinese Xiaomi. IKEA has teamed up with the Chinese home technology brand Xiaomi in order to make IKEA Smart Lighting available in …
IKEA teams up with Chinese company Read More
SWEA (Swedish Women’s Educational Association International, Inc) in Bangkok recently hosted the 2018 annual regional meeting AGM for the Asia Pacific. Swea Bangkok President Anna Frummerin, with a large team had …
Swea’s 2018 regional AP meeting set the stage for 40 Years Anniversary Read More
Taipei comes out as number 1 out of 72 cities worldwide in the Expat City Ranking 2018. The city is in good company, with many other Asian metropolises also ranking …
Surprise: Taipei tops list of World’s Friendliest and Safest City for Expats Read More
In November, Ranum Efterskole College took a charm offensive in Singapore and other Asian countries to promote their ‘efterskole’. A boarding school that combines the professionalism of a full international …
A unique Danish school helpful for Danish youngsters living abroad Read More
The opening reception of the project “Nordic Music By Design” in Shanghai took place on 28 November. “Nordic Music Dy Design” is a collaboration between the four Nordic Consulates General …
Opening reception of Nordic-Chinese concert Read More
The Danish soft drink company CO-RO has acquired the majority shareholding in Chinese distribution firm Golden Creation Trade (JKD). The acquisition of JKD is expected to generate a 30% growth …
Danish soft drink company bought major stake in Chinese firm Read More
On 24 November the opening of Finnish Christmas event at Jinqiao Lifehub in Shanghai took place. The opening speech was delivered by the Deputy Consul General of the Consulate General …
Opening of Finnish Christmas event in Shanghai Read More
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden has cancelled a planned trip to China because of ongoing problems with forming a government in Sweden. Since Sweden’s general election in September 2018 …
Swedish king cancelled visit to China Read More
Norway and China are the two nations where most people use mobile payments. Recently, a survey from Merchant Machine has collated facts about mobile payment, also called mobile wallet. The …
Norway and China in front with mobile payment Read More
SKF of Sweden is investing approximately SEK 200 million in improving its competitiveness and customer service levels for tapered roller bearings (TRB) in China. The investment is being made in …
SKF consolidates, invests in new China manufacturing facility Read More
On 21 November Sino-Swedish Innovaton & Entrepreneurship Center’s 3rd Sino-Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum took place in Beijing. The Forum is an important instrument, for enhancing the Swedish profile as a leading …
3rd Sino-Swedish Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum Read More
110 Chinese visited Denmark’s second largest city Aarhus during China Denmark Regions and Cities Forum 2018. 270 participants from China and Denmark took part in the China Denmark Regions and …
110 Chinese visited Aarhus Read More
On the occasion of the visit to Sweden by China Federation of Industry Economics, Business Sweden and Sweden-China Trade Council invite to a seminar on ‘Innovation for Sustainable Development – …
Sino-Swedish Innovation for Sustainable Development seminar Read More
Danske Bank has hosted the second ‘Danske Bank Sino-Nordic Seafood Forum’ in Qingdao China. 17 companies on three panels and full house of guests consisting of leading seafood industrial players …
Danske Bank hosted Sino-Nordic Seafood Forum Read More
At the Danish Chamber of Commerce China’s Gala Ball on 3 November Humphrey Lau, CEO of Grundfos in China was awarded ‘Business Person of the Year’ by the Danish Chamber …
Humphrey Lau, Grundfos China elected Business Person of the Year Read More
The Pan-Nordic & DACH Innovation & Investment Roadshow in China 2018 was co-hosted by Invest in Finland, Invest in Denmark, Business Sweden, Helsinki Business Hub, Invest Stockholm, Advantage Austria, and …
Pan-Nordic Innovation & Investment Roadshow held in China Read More
People from the Muslim minority group Uighurs tell they have been pressed to gather information about other Uighurs living in Sweden and about Uighur organisations. The information comes from Radio …
Radio Sweden: Uighurs in Sweden receive threats from China Read More
Minister for Development Cooperation of Denmark Ulla Tørnæs visited Shanghai in the first week of November to attend China International Import Expo (CIIE). The Minister visited the Danish National Pavilion, …
Danish Minister visited Shanghai Read More
On 5 November Danish LEGO won a lawsuit against four Chinese companies who infringed multiple copyrights of LEGO and conducted acts of unfair competition by producing and distributing building sets …
LEGO has won intellectual property lawsuit in China Read More
Finland’s Ambassador to China Mr Jarno Syrjälä visited (in September 2018) the Beishan ski tunnel project in Jilin City, Northeast China. The ski tunnel is being built as a Sino-Finnish cooperation …
Sino-Finnish ski tunnel project in Northeast China Read More