Overview
- Prime Minister Petteri Orpo met Xi Jinping, Li Qiang and Zhao Leji during a multi-day visit focused on trade, EU–China relations and international issues.
- Orpo and Premier Li Qiang signed memoranda of understanding on sustainable construction, energy cooperation, animal disease management and the China–Finland innovation committee, plus a tourism letter of intent and a science and technology protocol.
- Finnish and Chinese firms concluded 11 commercial agreements as a 20-company Finnish delegation pursued opportunities to expand exports and employment.
- Xi urged deeper ties, invited Finnish companies to “swim freely” in China’s market and endorsed a U.N.-centred system and a more multipolar world, with cooperation discussed in energy transition, agriculture and forestry.
- China’s commerce minister pressed Helsinki to encourage EU caution on restrictive trade tools, while Orpo called on China to help secure peace in Ukraine and flagged concerns over human rights, reciprocity and the trade imbalance.