Moi Helsinki Held in Beijing, Chairman Wang Anshun Meets with Mayor of Helsinki

On May 13th-15th 2016, Helsinki, a city member of WTCF, will hold the Moi Helsinki campaign in Beijing. On the eve of the campaign, Wang Anshun, Chairman of the WTCF Council & Mayor of Beijing, met with visiting Mayor of Helsinki Jussi Pajunen.

The objective of Moi Helsinki is to introduce the artistic, cultural, and business achievements of Helsinki to the tourists of Beijing. This campaign was held in honor to pay tribute to the tenth anniversary of the sister-city bond between Helsinki and Beijing.

At the night of May 12th, the opening of the event was started in the Finnish ambassador’s residence in China. Finnish Ambassador in China Ms. Marja Rislakki and Helsinki Mayor Mr. Jussi Pajunen introduced to the guests about the art, culture, and tourism of Helsinki.

During the campaign, a series of high-level music and dances will be performed by Finnish artists and many important artistic works will be exhibited on Xidan Cultural Square. Finland Convention Bureau will set up an exhibition booth to introduce tourism information of Finland in the main venue of the events in the square. Meanwhile, Helsinki will hold five business activities in Beijing, including China-Finland Indoor Air Purification Technologies Forum, Slush Up! Entrepreneurs Conference, Stay in Finland, Forum of Arctic Maritime Industry and Maritime Intelligence, and Beautiful Beijing Winter Stadiums Symposium.

The cultural events of Moi Helsinki will start at 5:30 p.m. May 13th, at Xidan Cultural Square. On May 14th and 15th, the events will last from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and residents can attend them for free.

Wang Anshun, Chairman of the WTCF Council and Mayor of Beijing welcomed the arrival of Pajunen and the delegates. Wang Anshun said, “Finland is a powerful country when it comes to winter sports, ranking high globally, especially for Cross Country Skiing and ice hockey. Beijing would love to cooperate with Helsinki in aspects of promoting winter sports activities, managing stadium construction and training athletes, also to deepen communications in economic exchanges, culture, education, tourism and innovation, continuing to expand the extent and level of cooperation between the two cities.”