HELSINKI -- China is ready to work with Finland in the spirit of openness and win-win cooperation to implement the Joint Action Plan between China and Finland, expand trade and investment, and broaden cooperation in such areas as green transition, scientific and technological innovation and artificial intelligence (AI), Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Sunday.
Promoting green and low-carbon development is a longstanding policy of the Chinese government, while Finland enjoys unique strengths in sustainable development and innovation, Wang added.
Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks during talks with Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen in Helsinki.
Wang said Finland was among the first Western countries to establish diplomatic ties with New China and the first Western country to sign an intergovernmental trade agreement with China.
Over the past 76 years since diplomatic relations were established, China-Finland ties have remained at the forefront of China's bilateral relations with Nordic countries, setting an example of equal exchanges between countries with different social systems and cultural backgrounds, Wang said.
