Danish-Chinese Business Forum’s Chairman Nils Foss talks about some of the network’s major activities in 2010, including the Annual General Meeting, the reception in connection with the 60-year anniversary of Sino-Danish diplomatic relations and the visit of a high-level Chinese delegation in May.

Tom Jensen welcomes new members, talks about Chinese economy and presents the upcoming member meetings in Danish-Chinese Business Forum.

Danish-Chinese Business Forum’s Annual General Meeting 2010 was hosted by Novo Nordisk A/S, and was for the first time followed by an annual dinner where the Danish-Chinese Business Award 2010 was presented.

In the wake of the 60-year anniversary of Sino-Danish diplomatic relations, Danish-Chinese Business Forum co-organised a reception, where the keynote speakers were the Danish Minister for Economic and Business Affairs, Mr. Brian Mikkelsen, and the Chinese Ambassador to Denmark, Mr. Xie Hangsheng.

Chinese Ambassador to Denmark Xie Hangsheng held one of the key note speeches at the reception on 10 May 2010, celebrating the 60th anniversary of Sino-Danish relations. The reception was organised by Danish-Chinese Business Forum and Denmark-Hong Kong Trade Association.

A high-level delegation headed by the Chinese Minister of Commerce, Mr. Chen Deming visited Denmark in May 2010. Danish-Chinese Business Forum took active part in organising a Danish-Chinese Trade & Investment Symposium.

Hans Halskov talks about the abundant opportunities for Danish businesses in one of the fastest growing modern urban areas of West China – Chongqing.

Damco has announced the opening of a new customer service centre in Chengdu, the capital of the Sichuan province. With 1,000 employees, this facility will be Damco’s largest office up to date.

The economic outlook is still bright, although GDP growth has most likely peaked. And the urbanisation process is far from over with another 350 million people expected to move to the cities before 2025.

New Incubator Project in Nordic Industrial Park, Ningbo, offers a unique business possibility for Scandinavian companies of all sizes and types. In this interview, NIP’s managing director in Denmark, Peter Ølbye, talks about the Incubator Project.

Novozymes is going to construct a biofuel demonstration facility in cooperation with COFCO and Sinopec by 2011.