Xinhua Agency, Beijing, October 15 (Reporter Xie Xiyao) The reporter learned from the Ministry of Commerce on the 15th that the 2024 China-Nordic Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum will be held in Wuhan, Hubei Province in the near future.

The Ministry of Commerce held a special press conference on the same day to introduce the relevant situation. Wang Yupeng, deputy director of the European Department of the Ministry of Commerce, said that this forum will focus on developing new productive forces according to local conditions, focusing on new fields and new tracks such as green and low-carbon, and digital economy. It will hold a green shipping development forum, a new energy vehicle industry chain docking meeting, and more than 10 special activities including cross-border E-commerce Cooperation Forum; a series of activities such as promoting characteristic industries and inspecting open platforms will be held in cities; A comprehensive exhibition area with a total area of 1500 square meters will be created, integrating docking negotiations, cultural exchanges, and scene experience. It will set up themes such as Nordic scenery, dual carbon cooperation, Hubei-Europe economic and trade cooperation, new energy and intelligent connected vehicles to fully demonstrate high-level openness and high-quality development.

According to reports, in recent years, the fields of economic and trade exchanges between China and the Nordic countries have been continuously expanded, their scale has been continuously expanded, and their quality has been continuously improved. From January to August this year, the trade volume between China and the five Nordic countries reached US$35.44 billion, a year-on-year increase of 5.7%.

In recent years, Europe has consistently ranked as Hubei's second largest import and export market, and Hubei has achieved good results in attracting European capital. The first China-Nordic Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum was held in 2018. Starting from 2022, the forum will be held every year in Wuhan, Hubei.