Norway eager for green cooperation with China

"China and Norway have established diplomatic relations for 54 years," Erik Solheim said. "South China is taking a very important status in China's economic, historic and cultural development. Therefore, setting up a consulate general in Guangzhou was very necessary."

The Royal Norwegian Consulate General officially opened in Guangzhou yesterday. The office will provide visa services to people living in Guangdong, Fujian and Hainan provinces and the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region from October, Consul General Tormod Endresen said.

This is Norway's second consulate general in China; the first is in Shanghai.