Finland is known for its high-quality education system, which consistently ranks among the best in the world.
芬兰以其高质量的教育体系而闻名，这一体系一直位居全球最佳之列。
The country is home to Santa Claus Village, a popular tourist attraction located in Rovaniemi, Lapland.
这个国家是圣诞老人村的所在地，这是一个位于罗瓦涅米、拉普兰地区的著名旅游景点。
Finland shares its eastern border with Russia, while Sweden and Norway lie to its west and north respectively.
芬兰东邻俄罗斯，西与瑞典接壤，北面则与挪威相邻。
Helsinki, the capital city of
Finland, is renowned for its modern architecture and design.
芬兰的首都赫尔辛基以其现代建筑和设计而闻名。
The Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis, can often be seen in the skies above
Finland during winter months.
在冬季，芬兰上空经常可以看到壮丽的北极光（北方极光）。
Finland is one of the most forested countries in Europe, with over 70% of its land covered by trees.
芬兰是欧洲森林覆盖率最高的国家之一，超过70%的土地被森林覆盖。
The Moomins, a beloved series of children's books and cartoons, were created by Finnish author Tove Jansson.
“姆明”是一系列深受喜爱的儿童书籍和卡通，由芬兰作家图韦·杨松创作。
Saunas are an essential part of Finnish culture, with almost every household having one.
桑拿是芬兰文化的重要组成部分，几乎每家每户都有桑拿房。
Finland has a strong tradition in heavy metal music, producing internationally successful bands like Nightwish and HIM.
芬兰在重金属音乐方面有着深厚的底蕴，孕育了如夜愿乐队（Nightwish）和HIM等国际知名的乐团。
The Finnish language belongs to the Finno-Ugric language family and is distinct from the majority of European languages.
芬兰语属于乌戈尔-芬兰语系，与大多数欧洲语言截然不同。
This emerging player in the new energy automotive sector has established a presence in Norway, Denmark, Finland and Bulgaria, with dynamic initiatives underway across countries like Germany, Italy and France.
这家新能源汽车行业的新兴企业已在挪威、丹麦、芬兰和保加利亚建立了业务，德国、意大利和法国等国也在采取积极举措。
The 19 countries are Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.
这19个国家是奥地利、保加利亚、克罗地亚、捷克共和国、丹麦、爱沙尼亚、芬兰、希腊、匈牙利、爱尔兰、意大利、拉脱维亚、立陶宛、波兰、葡萄牙、罗马尼亚、斯洛文尼亚、西班牙和瑞典。
At the same time, Tsingtao seeks to expand its influence by sponsoring local popular cultural activities and sporting events, including basketball games in Canada, parade floats in San Francisco, a marathon in Finland, and horse racing in Hong Kong.
同时，青岛通过赞助当地流行文化活动和体育赛事来扩大其影响力，包括加拿大的篮球赛、旧金山的游行花车、芬兰的马拉松赛和香港的赛马。
Leading operators in China, South Korea, Switzerland, Finland and Kuwait have already achieved 5G user penetration rates of more than 30 percent with more than 30 percent of their traffic coming from 5G, Huawei said.
华为表示，中国、韩国、瑞士、芬兰和科威特的领先运营商已经实现了超过30%的5G用户渗透率，其中超过30%的流量来自5G。
China has become the fourth country with independent research and development production technology of bio jet fuel, following the United States, France, and Finland.
中国已成为继美国、法国、芬兰之后第四个拥有自主研发生产生物喷气燃料技术的国家。
As part of its global ambition, Anta Sports has acquired a slew of global brands, including Descente, Kolon Sport and Finland's Amer Sports in recent years.
作为其全球野心的一部分，安踏体育近年来收购了一系列全球品牌，包括迪桑特(Descente)、可隆体育(Kolon Sport)以及芬兰的亚玛芬体育(Amer Sports)。
"To date, the two towns have seen clean energy cover 90 percent of the total area," said Wang Jianfeng, director of the Internet Department of State Grid Tianjin Electric Power Co. "This clean energy utilization rate could benchmark current high-end intelligent towns in Denmark and Finland.
“目前，这两个小镇已经实现了清洁能源覆盖总面积的90%”，国家电网天津电力公司互联网部负责人王建峰表示。“这种清洁能源利用率可以与丹麦和芬兰当前的高端智能小镇相媲美。”
- Finnish transport company Nurminen Logistics on Monday launched a new rail freight route between Finland's capital Helsinki and Chongqing, a major city in Southwest China.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the volume of rail freight between China and Finland operated by Nurminen Logistics has hit a record high.
Meanwhile, southeastern Finland's Kouvola railroad hub has also been rising in importance as the Finnish end of a rail freight route to and from Xi'an in Northwest China's Shaanxi province.
A functioning rail connection to China is important for the safety of supply of Finland's companies, Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Ville Skinnari has told the local newspaper Kouvolan Sanomat.
Finland decided on July 8 to reopen its borders with 17 European and some non-European countries, including China, as the situation of the COVID-19 epidemic in those countries has been assessed as stable.
The carrier opened new services, including its first intercontinental route from Shanghai to Helsinki, Finland, in June.
"China regulations are also so strict that in many cases, they are even more strict than in central Europe or Finland.
"Patrick Yip, CEO of Song Tao Trading (Shenzhen) Company, which specializes in high-end diving equipment trade, said the company is determined to bring top brands like Suunto from Finland to China.
In addition, Konka plans to set up its first overseas innovation center in London this year, while its incubators in Israel, Italy, Japan, Germany, the United States, France and Finland are also under way, according to Yang Bo, vice-president of Konka Group.
Finland's Nokia said in July that it has obtained 45 commercial orders while the latest public data showed that Swedish telecom manufacturer Ericsson has got 24.
Shanghai-based Juneyao Airlines became the first privately owned carrier in China to launch an intercontinental direct flight, as the carrier's first air journey between Shanghai and Helsinki, Finland, took off on Friday.
There are quite a few companies from Finland and northern Europe that made Shanghai their regional headquarters.
Finland's Nokia comes in with 43 contracts, while Sweden's Ericsson has reported 22.
There are just a few major companies in the world selling 5G radio hardware and 5G systems for carriers: Huawei and ZTE in China, Finland's Nokia, Samsung in South Korea and Ericsson in Sweden.
Finnair, a Nordic airline that entered China in 1988, said digitalization and innovation are in its DNA and genes, which is why it is able to keep innovating in the fast-moving China market, one of its top three markets besides Finland and Japan.
In 2017, Finnair became the first airline globally to introduce mobile payment option Alipay in its flights between China and Finland.
With summer approaching, Finnair said it plans to increase the capacity of its flights between China and Finland by 12 percent.
In 2018, the number of Chinese tourists who visited Denmark surged 120 percent year-on-year, and those to Finland rose 77 percent, according to a report by Ctrip and the China Tourism Academy, which did not disclose specific numbers.
Last year, Chinese visitors stayed 385,000 nights in Finland, which has been recently voted as the world's happiest country for a second year in running.
They outnumbered tourists from Russia, Germany, the United Kingdom and Sweden, according to Business Finland, a public funding agency in the country.
Finland has quite a bit of expertise in winter sports.
Jarno Syrjala, the Finnish ambassador to China, said as the economic relationship between China and Finland is becoming increasingly significant, there is a real demand in China for high-quality, sustainable and industry-defining innovations from countries like Finland.
With over $2 billion invested in China, UPM has made Finland's single largest investment in the country.
Earlier this month, an international consortium led by China's Anta Sports that includes Tencent Holdings and Anamered Investments, which is owned by Canadian billionaire Chip Wilson, founder of yoga apparel company Lululemon Athletica, offered to acquire Finland's Amer Sports, which owns the Louisville Slugger and Wilson Sporting Goods, for $5 billion according to Reuters, as well as two other sports items frequently made with wood components, Wilson tennis rackets and Atomic Ski.
In fact, one hotel has even engaged a certified Santa Claus from Finland to up the ante in novelty factor.
Leading smart payment providers from Norway and Finland will launch Europe's first joint QR code payment scheme next year using the standard of China's mobile and online payment service Alipay, the companies said on Wednesday.
Users of Norway's Vipps and Finland's ePassi will be able to use their home app to scan the QR code of the partner scheme from 2019 as the two companies created this partnership using Alipay's QR code standard, according to a joint press release sent to Xinhua.
Finland is not a well-known tourism destination globally, let alone in China.
Last year, Chinese visits to Finland rose to 432,000.
Alipay launched its service in Finland in December 2016, and it is now accepted at more than 2,000 points of sale.
UnionPay, a card association similar to Visa and Mastercard, first became available in Finland in 2010.
"Finland is often the first stop for Chinese travelers heading for Scandinavian countries.
Traditionally, Chinese shoppers were reluctant to spend too much money in Finland because they preferred to save their cash for later stops.
After Finnair included Alipay in its in-flight payments system in January last year, shopping on direct flights between Finland and China doubled.
自去年1月芬兰航空在其机上支付系统中引入支付宝以来，在芬兰与中国之间的直飞航班上购物的数量翻了一倍。
"Last year, Santa Claus Hotels in Finland accommodated 6,500 Chinese visitors, a 20 percent year-on-year rise.
去年，芬兰的圣诞老人酒店接待了6500名中国游客，与前一年相比增长了20%。
Mobile payment was already a trend in Finland before the arrival of Alipay, but Yin said Alipay's innovation has accelerated expansion of the payment process.
在支付宝进入芬兰之前，移动支付在当地已经是一个发展趋势，但尹表示，支付宝的创新加速了支付流程的扩展。
The merchants' circle at the popular Santa Claus Village in the Lapland region of Finland has more than 20 outlets, including restaurants, gift shops, a Santa photo studio, rides with huskies, and hotels.
Anta said it and Chinese buyout firm FountainVest Partners made an indicative offer for Amer Sports Oyj of Finland, which makes the Wilson tennis rackets used by Serena Williams as well as Atomic and Salomon ski equipment.
Helsinki, the capital of Finland, national airline Finnair and Tencent signed a strategic cooperation in Beijing on Wednesday to jointly create a smart tourism solution for Chinese tourists in Helsinki and provide them with more digital services.
Innovative Finnish dairy manufacturer diversifies into booming retail market, offering lactose-free, localized productsFirst tapping into the Chinese market 32 years ago, Finland's largest dairy company Valio Ltd has kept a low-profile in the country in recent decades, preferring to team up with leading local players, such as Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co Ltd.
First of all, we have to bring the products from Finland to China, and that means we need permission.
We have established consumer brands in Finland, Sweden, Estonia, Russia and the United States.
For dairy products, consumers in countries like Sweden and Finland drink a lot of cold milk - fresh cold milk and chilled milk.
In countries like Finland, people eat a lot of cheese and enjoy the natural taste of cheese.
It has also taken time in Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
In Finland, we have launched almost 1,000 individual products.
I have been lucky in the way that there is no difference between female and male staff in Finland.
There is a lot of forest in Finland and when orienteering you just take a map and a compass before you go.
In addition, the company has also imported state-of-the-art technologies from the United States, Finland and Israel.
Finland is another key European country where Alipay is widely accepted among merchants, including at the Santa Claus Village and Finnair, as well as with leading Finnish taxi companies.
Rovaniemi, located in Finland's Arctic Circle region, is getting an economic boost from Chinese visitors arriving from Helsinki on Finnair flights.
"Our expanding network in the surging Chinese civil aviation market is linking Finland and other European countries closer to China," Vauramo said.
"In the early days, people in Finland and other European countries came to China to sell things.
He cited Finland's northernmost region of Lapland: "Tourism has become an important way for people to make a living.
Rovaniemi, in Finland's Arctic Circle in Lapland, is getting a tourism boost from Chinese visitors arriving from Helsinki on Finnair flights.
Heng'an International Group, a leading producer of sanitary napkins and baby diapers in China, has recently unveiled its ambitious investment plan for a large scale bio product factory in Finland.
Xu said his company, which has a turnover of 2.57 billion euros and a profit of 49.4 million euros in 2017, attaches great importance to the concept of sustainable development that prevails in Finland.
Finland is a major exporter of softwood pulp in the world, and also serves the main source of pulp imports for Heng'an.
Finpulp plans to build a large-scale bio plant near Kuopio in central Finland, with a total estimated investment of 1.4 billion euros.
Metsa Fibre, one of the world's largest coniferous pulp suppliers, has invested 1.2 billion euros in renovating its factory in Aanekoski, central Finland, for example.
Local media reports have said the plant alone can increase the use of renewable energy in Finland by two percent.
Xu also praised the legal system in Finland that guarantees the adequate forest resources.
The forest is expanding even though there are so many pulp and paper mills in Finland.
Earlier this year, China's Shanying Group in cooperation with CAMC Engineering announced to build a bioenergy plant in northern Finland.
Local authorities and forest owners believe the new investments will make better use of the abundant forest resources in Finland, while experts and analysts have more discussions about the scenarios of the prospects.
Heng'an has adjusted its development strategy in recent years and successively expanded its business in Malaysia, Indonesia, Russia and Finland.
Finnair is publicly listed, but the state of Finland is its majority owner.
It is also expected that the solution will be arranged for Finland in the coming months.
BRP operates manufacturing facilities in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Finland, and Austria, which produce motorized recreational vehicles and power sports engines, the kind often seen in James Bond movies.
Instead, the company has sourced 400 metric tons of natural birch sap from Finland as the base of its products, which are marketed mainly as strong moisturizers and branded as Yoseido.
In May 2018, Finland's national carrier will launch direct flights between Helsinki and Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, as it continues to expand the network in China, especially in smaller Chinese cities.
Finpro, an umbrella organization comprising sectors that promote tourism, investment and export for Finland, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Alipay on Monday to enhance the cooperation.
The number of overnight stays by Chinese tourists in Finland from January to July this year grew by 43 percent compared with last year, which is the fastest growth among all foreigners, according to Heli Mende, head of global sales promotion of Visit Finland, a tourism industry committee under Finpro.
Mende said it is very important to understand the needs of travelers coming to Finland so that they can enjoy better travel experiences.
"Alipay is a perfect example of this kind of development, and we can make it easier for travelers to come to Finland, to go to restaurants, to buy souvenirs, or to pay their accommodation in hotels and so on," she said.
Apart from tourism, the utilization of Alipay will also enable faster growth of business exchange between China and Finland, said Antti Aumo, Vice President of Finpro.
"Whether it is export of goods from China to Finland, from Finland to China or investments from China to Finland, all those will result in the increase in business travel," he said.
For example, we have people in Finland who understand what the Finnish people need.
The Mi Mix won gold at the International Design Excellence Awardsxa0on Aug 20xa0and has been collected by the Design Museum in Finland as it represents the future of smartphones, Lei said.
Last year, Alipay was first introduced to Finland and the business was highlighted by a launching ceremony of the Single's Day global online shopping festival in Rovaniemi, an arctic tourist destination in northern Finland.
Developed by EDF, EPR technology attracted concerns when its implementation at Flamanville, in France, and Olkiluto, in Finland, was beset by delay and budget overrun.
BEIJING — Finnair will launch the first direct air route between Helsinki, capital of Finland, and Nanjing in eastern China's Jiangsu province in May 2018, according to Finnair on Friday.
He Fashu, a freighter captain employed by COSCO Shipping Corp, inspects the main engine at Kotka Harbor, Finland.
A worker connects loading hooks to goods from a COSCO Shipping freighter at Kotka Harbor, Finland.
Other developments on the horizon for the company, that employs 4,000 workers and has nine subsidiaries in the clean energy sector, include an environmental protection project in Finland.
Antennas, its main product, are sold not only in Latvia, but also in Lithuania, Hungary, France, Finland and Italy.
Finland, whose largest trade partner in Asia has been China for several years, has 16 representative enterprises from fields like energy, machine building, forestry and papermaking, digitalization and living design.
They represent Finland's strength in R&D, innovation and science and technology.
At the Finland booth on Wednesday, Metso, a Finnish company providing sustainable solutions to industries, including mineral processing and metal smelting, held a ceremony for inking a strategic cooperation agreement with China's Zijin Mining.
Finland has rich resources and expertise in mining and forestry, and Metso has a history of 150 years.
"Both Finland and China have benefited a lot from globalization, opening of global markets and technological development, which have also characterized collaboration between the two countries," said Aho, now chairman of the board of directors of the China Office of Finnish Industries.
In 1953, the signing of an intergovernmental trade agreement with China made Finland the first country in the West to do so.
So, trade and culture were coming together from Finland to China in 1953.