As Finnish President Alexander Stubb is to start his state visit to China on Monday, Chinese analysts anticipate the visit will further push forward the steady and sound development of bilateral ties while contributing to China-EU relations at a time of turbulence and adjustment.
At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Stubb will pay a state visit to China from Monday to Thursday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying announced on Friday.
President Xi will hold talks with Stubb during the visit. Li Qiang, Chinese premier, and Zhao Leji, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, will meet with Stubb respectively to exchange views on bilateral relations and issues of common interest, Lin Jian, another foreign ministry spokesperson, told a daily press briefing. “Finland is among the first Western countries to recognize the People’s Republic of China,” Lin said, adding that China-Finland relations are experiencing sound development and that the day of President Stubb’s arrival in Beijing will be the 74th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries.
