The China Media Group (CMG) unveiled its Hubei Bureau on Wednesday in Wuhan, the provincial capital of Hubei in central China, as part of a strategic cooperation framework signed with the provincial government.
According to the cooperation framework, the CMG will deepen cooperation with Hubei Province in sci-tech development and research, culture and tourism, industrial development and global communication.
At the unveiling ceremony, the CMG announced four "Observation Points on the Rise of Central China in the New Era" in Yichang, Shiyan, Ezhou and Xiantao cities. Starting from these four cities, the CMG will present local efforts in modernization with Chinese characteristics.
The CMG will also leverage the Chinese Communist Party Disciplinary Construction History Exhibition Hall in Wuhan to make good use of valuable historical and cultural resources and jointly build an integrity education base.
The CMG also initiated filming of the 2024 Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival Gala on the same day. The main venue of the gala is set in Xiantao. The gala will display vivid practices of Chinese modernization in agriculture.
CMG opens Hubei Bureau in Wuhan
Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, in an interview with China Media Group (CMG), elaborated on why he called his country "an insider on the outside" of the European Union (EU).
Store was speaking with the CMG on a high-speed train from Beijing to Shanghai on Tuesday, part of his three-day official visit to China.
"We've had two referendums about joining the European Union and both ended up 52 to 48 against and that we have to respect. But you know, most of our trade is with the European Union. So it's in my interest to have a good relationship, a trusted relationship, and in that sense, to be on the inside. And then, beyond this market, you know, these are our neighbors, Nordic neighbors - Sweden, Finland and Denmark. These are our European partners. So on a number of other issues linked to security and research and all the other issues beyond trade, these are our closest friends. So that's why I say, you know, I'm very much on the inside, although I'm a member from the outside," he said.
Norway, as a member state of the European Economic Area, was the EU's sixth most important partner for trade in goods in 2023, with exports to the bloc reaching 119.2 billion euros and imports amounting to 61.7 billion euros.
Norway is the biggest exporter of fish and aquaculture products to the EU.
Norwegian PM elaborates on partnership with EU
