2025 marks a crucial year for deepening cooperation between China and Finland following the 75th anniversary of their diplomatic relations. Amid a sluggish global economic recovery and uncertainties in international cooperation, the two countries have upheld the concept of open win-win and continued to consolidate their "new-type cooperative partnership for the future." On January 26, the 6th China-Finland Committee for Innovative Business Cooperation Meeting, co-hosted by China’s Ministry of Commerce and Finland’s Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, was grandly held in Beijing. Over 120 representatives from the business communities of both countries gathered to conduct in-depth exchanges and discuss cooperation in key areas such as innovation, green development, and digitalization, with multiple commercial agreements successfully signed at the meeting.
Mr. Huang Zhiting, Chairman of Jianjing Investment Consulting Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Jianjing Consulting"), was invited to attend as the only representative from a Chinese consulting firm. He exchanged views on new opportunities for innovative cooperation with senior government officials and leading enterprise representatives from both countries, demonstrating Jianjing’s professional status and industry influence in the international engineering consulting field.
Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo delivered a speech at the meeting. He stated that Finland and China share a long-standing relationship with frequent high-level exchanges and stable economic and trade cooperation. China is an important trading partner and export market for Finland, and Finnish enterprises highly value the huge potential of the Chinese market. Since its establishment in 2017, the China-Finland Committee for Innovative Business Cooperation has become a key platform for promoting enterprise exchanges and economic and trade interactions. Both countries have strong willingness to cooperate in fields such as green low-carbon development, circular economy, and industrial digitalization, and it is hoped that enterprises from both sides will translate exchange results into concrete cooperation projects. Finland supports free trade and fair competition, and looks forward to enhanced mutual trust and reduced trade barriers between China and the EU. Finland welcomes Chinese enterprises to invest and will create a sound business environment for them.
Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao addressed the meeting. He noted that economic and trade cooperation between China and Finland has yielded fruitful results, with increasing "innovation content" and "green content," setting an example of open cooperation and mutual benefit. As 2026 marks the start of China’s 15th Five-Year Plan period, China will continue to promote high-quality development and unswervingly expand high-level opening-up. He welcomed enterprises from both China and Finland to strengthen confidence, seize opportunities, and further expand cooperation in trade, investment, innovation, and other fields. He hoped that the Finnish government will play an active role in promoting the EU’s prudent use of economic and trade restrictive tools, work with China to oppose protectionism, and create a fair, open, non-discriminatory, and predictable policy environment for cooperation between enterprises from China, Finland, and Europe.
The closing ceremony was co-hosted by Ling Ji, Vice Minister of China’s Ministry of Commerce and Deputy International Trade Negotiator, and Christian Hellman, Finnish Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Both sides put forward constructive opinions on deepening bilateral economic and trade cooperation mechanisms and expanding cooperation areas. The plenary session was co-chaired by Liu Chun, Vice President of China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electronic Products (the Chinese Secretariat of the Committee), and Veli-Pekka Valli, Deputy Director General of Confederation of Finnish Industries (the Finnish Secretariat). Vice Ministers Ling Ji and Hellman reviewed the friendly history of economic and trade cooperation between the two countries and proposed development suggestions for building an open, sustainable, and progressive bilateral economic and trade cooperative relationship.
During the enterprise representative speech session, representatives from well-known Finnish enterprises such as Kemin, Kalmar, Kemira, Valmet Automotive, and UPM, as well as leading Chinese enterprises including Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, China Minmetals Technology Group, ZTE Corporation, and BYD, shared their fruitful achievements and practical experience in China-Finland cooperation, and expressed their vision of deepening economic and trade cooperation and jointly addressing global challenges.
At the closing ceremony, Jianjing Chairman Huang Zhiting took a group photo with Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo, Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao, and other participants from both China and Finland. This precious moment not only witnessed the continuous deepening of China-Finland economic and trade cooperation but also highlighted Jianjing’s growing professional influence and industry recognition on the international cooperation stage as an outstanding representative of China’s engineering consulting industry.
The world is experiencing unprecedented changes in a century, with unilateralism and protectionism on the rise, global industrial and supply chains facing restructuring, and profound changes in the pattern of international cooperation and competition. However, peace and development remain the themes of the times, and open cooperation and mutual benefit are still the aspiration of the people and the general trend. Against this backdrop, China has always adhered to the basic national policy of opening-up, unswervingly promoted the building of an open world economy, and taken the Belt and Road Initiative as an important carrier to promote the two-way development of Chinese enterprises "going global" and "bringing in," injecting strong momentum into global economic recovery.
As important representatives of Eastern and Western civilizations, China and Finland are highly complementary in economic structure, technological advantages, and market demand. Finland boasts world-leading technologies and experience in green low-carbon development, digital technology, and high-end manufacturing, while China has a huge market scale, a complete industrial chain system, and sustained innovation vitality. Deepening economic and trade cooperation between the two countries not only conforms to the common interests of both sides but also provides an important model for the world to address climate change, promote digital economic development, and maintain the stability of industrial and supply chains.
In recent years, Chinese enterprises "going global" have gradually transformed from initial product exports and engineering contracting to technology export, standard export, and full industrial chain cooperation, entering a new stage of high-quality "going global." In 2025, bilateral trade volume between China and Finland exceeded 8 billion US dollars, and two-way investment stock reached 23 billion US dollars. After more than 70 years of tempering, China-Finland economic and trade cooperation has formed closely intertwined interest bonds and a solid foundation for win-win results.
Driven by national policies and market demand, Chinese enterprises going global show three major trends: first, cooperation areas are transforming towards high-end, green, and digitalization, with green low-carbon, circular economy, industrial digitalization, and artificial intelligence becoming new cooperation tracks; second, cooperation models are upgrading from single project cooperation to full industrial chain coordination and ecological circle co-construction, with enterprises paying more attention to localized operations and compliance management; third, cooperation entities are evolving from being dominated by large central enterprises and state-owned enterprises to a diversified pattern including central enterprises, state-owned enterprises, and private enterprises, with small and medium-sized enterprises continuously enhancing their international competitiveness in niche fields.
However, Chinese enterprises going global also face many challenges: complex and diverse country-specific risks, significant differences in international rules, great difficulties in cultural integration, and increasingly strict compliance requirements. This requires professional engineering consulting firms to play a bridging role, providing enterprises going global with comprehensive, in-depth, and full-cycle professional services to help them effectively respond to risks, seize opportunities, and achieve stable development.
As a leading domestic engineering consulting firm, Jianjing Consulting has adhered to its corporate mission of "Building Achievements, Benefiting the People" since its establishment in 2003, closely followed national development strategies, and deeply engaged in the engineering consulting field. It has formed unique core advantages in serving Chinese enterprises going global, becoming a solid partner for Chinese enterprises "going global."
Comprehensive Qualifications Jianjing holds multiple top-level qualifications, including Grade A qualifications in architectural design, engineering cost consulting, engineering consulting, and engineering supervision. It also has obtained the qualification for consulting services for "foreign aid projects," been selected into the list of enterprises qualified to implement foreign aid projects by the Ministry of Commerce, and included in the database of procurement agencies for foreign aid projects, providing comprehensive qualification guarantees for undertaking various international engineering consulting projects. Currently ranked 10th in China’s Top 100 Engineering Consulting Firms, it is an important reflection of comprehensive strength in the industry.
Extensive Global Layout Actively responding to the national Belt and Road Initiative, Jianjing established its International Business Department in 2015 to engage in international engineering consulting business. By the end of 2024, the company had completed 1,470 overseas projects, covering 124 countries and regions, including Southeast Asia, Africa, Latin America, Europe, and other major regions, forming an extensive global service network. Through undertaking a large number of foreign aid projects and international commercial projects, the company has accumulated rich experience in country-specific risk response, international rule alignment, and localized services, gradually forming the unique "Jianjing China Solution."
Ecological CollaborationUpholding the concept of open cooperation, Jianjing has built a deeply localized ecological service system. By connecting government agencies, enterprises, and various resources, it has created an ecosystem covering domestic and foreign industry associations, experts, investors, service providers, etc., including co-establishing research institutions with Tongji University, Shanghai University, and other universities, establishing cooperative relations with professional institutions such as DeHeng Law Offices, joining industry organizations such as China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electronic Products and China International Contractors Association, and building an extensive overseas network, providing comprehensive resource and think tank support for enterprises going global.
Closely aligning with the national Belt and Road Initiative and the needs of enterprises going global, Jianjing has built a full-cycle integrated international business service system covering strategic planning, pre-preparation, construction execution, and operational support, relying on its "Design + Consulting + Law" full-process service platform. It provides one-stop, customized professional solutions for enterprises going global, escorting their overseas development throughout the entire process.
Preparation Phase: Compliance Guarantee and Pre-Phase Empowerment In the pre-preparation phase, Jianjing integrates multi-professional resources to provide comprehensive technical and compliance support for project landing. It assembles a senior team to conduct project feasibility studies, comprehensively demonstrating from technical, economic, environmental, and other dimensions, and compiling feasibility study reports that meet international standards; provides professional design and planning services in line with the standards and specifications of the target country, ensuring that the project design is both scientific and locally adaptable; launches special cross-border compliance services, including innovative products such as overseas risk scanning and compliance audits for enterprises, and international data compliance electronic passports, helping enterprises address compliance challenges such as international rules and environmental disclosure; assigns a professional legal team to provide contract drafting, legal risk assessment, and other services, ensuring the legal and compliant progress of project preparation.
Construction Execution Phase: Process Control and Professional Implementation
In the project construction execution phase, Jianjing ensures the high-quality progress of projects through refined management. As a member of the database of procurement agencies for foreign aid projects of the Ministry of Commerce, it undertakes tendering work for foreign aid complete sets and technical assistance projects, and provides high-standard tendering agency services for international commercial projects, strictly following international rules such as FIDIC to ensure the fairness and impartiality of the tendering process; provides full-process cost tracking consulting and cost management services, accurately controlling project investment by benchmarking local market conditions and international cost standards; dispatches a professional project management team to be stationed on-site throughout the entire process, coordinating various resources, and controlling project quality and progress; relies on Grade A engineering supervision qualifications to carry out construction supervision in accordance with international supervision norms, promptly solving technical and management problems to ensure the smooth completion of projects.
Since 2015, Jianjing has actively responded to national strategies, deeply engaged in the international engineering consulting field, completed 1,470 overseas projects covering 124 countries and regions, and created a large number of benchmark projects including foreign aid, commercial, and diplomatic projects. All projects have been highly recognized by customers and relevant institutions, gradually forming the unique "Jianjing China Solution."
International Commercial Projects In the field of international commercial projects, Jianjing accurately meets enterprise needs, provides full-chain professional services, and helps enterprises take root in overseas markets. In Southeast Asia, it provides full-process cost tracking consulting for the Thailand Rayong Chemical Park project of Wansheng International Co., Ltd., covering an area of approximately 60,667 square meters, with an estimated investment of 216 million yuan and an annual output of 32,000 tons of phosphate ester flame retardants; the team achieved precise investment control in accordance with local Thai standards; it provides cost management services for the Malaysia Penang Semiconductor Industrial Park project with a total investment of 450 million yuan, a planned construction land of 84,220 square meters, and a total construction area of 74,955 square meters, compiling bid bases and commercial evaluation documents in accordance with local models to ensure the smooth progress of the project; in the Bangladesh Dhaka Transportation Hub PPP project, it provides full-process services such as pre-consulting, due diligence, and investment estimation to help the project land; in the Indonesia Tabalong 2×135MW Power Generation Project, it collaborated with DeHeng Law Offices to provide international engineering claim services, successfully recovering economic losses for customers. In other regions, it completed cost management for the Uzbekistan Kashkadarya Waste-to-Energy Project with a total investment of 1.15 billion yuan and a daily domestic waste treatment capacity of 1,500 tons, becoming a local environmental protection benchmark; it provided international tendering and procurement services for the Dubai Trade City project with a total investment of 1 billion yuan and a construction scale of 100,000 square meters, ensuring the impartiality of the tendering process in strict accordance with international rules; it undertook pre-consulting for the Gibraltar-Morocco Underground Cable Project, covering core contents such as route planning and environmental assessment.
The successful holding of the 6th China-Finland Committee for Innovative Business Cooperation Meeting has built an important platform for China and Finland to deepen economic and trade cooperation and expand cooperation areas, and also provided a valuable opportunity for Jianjing to participate in international cooperation and serve global customers. As the only invited representative from a Chinese consulting firm, Chairman Huang Zhiting’s attendance is not only an important milestone in the company’s brand internationalization process but also a reflection of the company’s continuous practice of deeply integrating into global industrial chain coordination and serving the high-quality "going global" of Chinese enterprises.
Facing the future, under the guidance of the Ten-Character Policy of "Lean, Agile, Resilient, Integrated, Grateful," Jianjing will continue to leverage its professional advantages in country-specific risk analysis, international market research, international industrial cooperation, and international engineering consulting, actively participate in China-Finland and broader international cooperation, and continuously build an open and diverse "overseas development ecosystem." By integrating high-quality resources upstream and downstream of the industrial chain, it will provide Chinese enterprises going global with one-stop, in-depth professional consulting services centered on engineering consulting, covering pre-research, risk management, and localized compliance, helping more innovative achievements accelerate their transformation into implementable and sustainable engineering practices.
In the wave of globalization, Jianjing is willing to be the most solid and trustworthy partner for Chinese enterprises, contributing more valuable "Jianjing Power" to the in-depth and steady development of Chinese brands with professional service capabilities, rich project experience, and an open cooperation philosophy. At the same time, the company will always uphold the concept of mutually beneficial cooperation, work hand in hand with global partners to make new and greater contributions to deepening China-Finland friendship, promoting China-EU cooperation, and building a community with a shared future for mankind!
Standing at a new historical starting point, Jianjing will take this meeting as an opportunity to further strengthen exchanges and cooperation with enterprises from both China and Finland, deepen its engagement in the international engineering consulting field, continuously enhance its professional service capabilities and international influence, and forge ahead bravely on the path of serving national strategies and empowering global cooperation, writing a new chapter in the internationalization development of China’s engineering consulting industry!
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