On April 8th, 2024, Ambassador Hou Yue met with the County Mayor of Trøndelag Mr. Tomas Iver Hallem in Trondheim.

Mr. Hallem warmly welcomed Ambassador Hou's visit and said that Trøndelag county attaches great importance to cooperation with China. The county established a twinning relationship with China’s Chongqing municipality as early as 2007 and the two have maintained close economic, trade, and cultural exchanges. China and Norway are both open economies that support the principle of international free trade and profound potential exists for practical bilateral cooperation in various fields. Trøndelag County is actively engaged in green transition, highly values China's important contribution to promoting global green and sustainable development, and is willing to continue to strengthen exchanges with China and further expand mutually beneficial cooperation between the two sides.

Ambassador Hou said that she was glad to visit Trondheim, the "Technology Capital of Norway". Trøndelag County has highly developed industries such as oil and gas, fishery, shipping, etc., emphasizes the integrated development of industry, academia and research, and is home to many industrial clusters in cutting-edge fields, which presents huge potential for bilateral cooperation. China is now utilizing the “new quality productive forces” to steadily foster new growth drivers and strengths, and pushing for the Chinese modernization with high-quality development. It will continue to bring vast development opportunities to global partners. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Norway. It is highly expected that the two sides will take this opportunity to further promote scientific, educational, youth and local exchanges, strengthen practical cooperation in areas such as climate change and sustainable development, and jointly promote global stability and prosperity. The Chinese Embassy in Norway will continue to actively support Trøndelag County in promoting its exchanges and cooperation with China.