President Xi Jinping calls on China, Finland to deepen cooperation in various areas

China and Finland should deepen mutually beneficial cooperation in areas such as energy transition, circular economy, agriculture and forestry industries, and scientific and technological innovation, said Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday.

Xi made the remarks in his meeting with visiting Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo in Beijing, welcoming Finnish enterprises to "take a swim in the vast ocean of the Chinese market" to enhance their global competitiveness. 

Xi said China and Europe are partners, not adversaries. Noting cooperation between China and Europe outweighs competition, and their common ground outweighs differences, Xi said China hopes Finland will play a constructive role in promoting the healthy and stable development of China-Europe relations.

The Chinese president also expressed the readiness to work with Finland to firmly uphold the international system with the United Nations at its core and the international order based on international law to jointly respond to global challenges.

China is willing to work with Finland to promote an equitable and orderly multipolar world as well as a universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalization, Xi added.