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## [China and Finland together: for future-oriented cooperative partnership.](https://www.digipolis.fi/events/china-and-finland-together-for-future-oriented-cooperative-partnership)

** Sep 27, 2017 8:42:00 AM

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## **China and Finland together; for future-oriented cooperative partnership.**

## **Economical seminar in Kemi 10 - 11th of October 2017**

**Tuesday 10.10.2017**

18.00 – 20.00 Get together & networking cocktails, on Arctic Icebreaker Sampo  
Hosted by City of Kemi and Kaidi Finland Ltd

**Wednesday 11.10.207**

Seminar will be held at the Cultural Centre of Kemi

9.00 – 10.30 Networking at the Cultural Centre of Kemi  
or visit Digipolis and Lapland University of Applied Sciences, Kosmos Campus

11.00 – 12.00 Lunch

12.00 – 14.30 Seminar I

• Opening words: Welcome to Kemi, Mayor of Kemi, Mr. Tero Nissinen  
• Salutation from Finnish government: “New cooperative partnership of  
China and Finland”, **Minister of Economic Affairs Mr. Mika Lintilä**  
• “China’s perspective of co-operation between the Republic of Finland  
and the People’s Republic of China”, **Economic and Commercial**  
**Counsellor, Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Finland, Mr.**  
**Sun Liwei**  
• “Biorefinery in Kemi”, Sunshine Kaidi New Energy Group, Kaidi Finland  
Ltd.  
• “Scaling up, scaling down Finnish experiences”, **MEP Nils Torvalds, European Parliament**  
• “Science and technology exchange between China and Finland”,  
**Chinese Association of Science and Technology in Finland, Mr. Xu**  
**Junhua**  
• Discussion

 

14.30 – 15.00 Coffee break

15.00 – 17.00 Seminar II

• “Investment cooperation with China and future opportunities in the field  
of bio- and circular economy”, **Invest in Finland (IIF), Mr. Vesa Koivisto**  
• “Co-operation with China – importance for the Regional Council of  
Lapland”, **Chairman of the Lapland Regional Government Board,**  
**Member of Finnish Parliament, Mr. Markus Lohi**  
• “Bio- and circular economy future possibilities”, **The Finnish Innovation**  
**Fund Sitra, Senior Lead, Mr. Jyri Arponen**  
• “Entrepreneur’s perspective on China”, **Chamber of Commerce, Member**  
**of the Chamber board, entrepreneur, Mrs. Paula Aikio-Tallgren**  
• Discussion  
• Closing words, Chairman of Kemi 2000: Cultural and Science  
Foundation, Mr. Heikki Lääkkölä

**Host, Delegation of the European Union to the Council of Europe,**  
**Ambassador and Head of Delegation, Mr. Jari Vilén**

 

18.00 – 21.00 Dinner at Santa´s Seaside Office

 

Registration [info@digipolis.fi](mailto:info@digipolis.fi) until 2.10.2017

Registration fee: seminar 200 €/person and 100 €/person

 

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