Norwegian PM on green transition cooperation with China

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Norwegian PM on green transition cooperation with China

2024-09-14 14:51 Last Updated At：16:17

Norway is seeking green transition partnership with China, said Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store while paying an official visit to the Asian country from Monday to Wednesday.

After a stay in Beijing where Chinese President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Qiang, and top legislator Zhao Leji met with him respectively, Store took a high-speed train to Shanghai on Tuesday.

In an interview with China Global Television Network on the train, Store said that he has reached consensus with Chinese leaders on green development, and the two sides also updated the trade relations between Norway and China, now one of the largest economies in the world.

"We have concluded an agreement on climate change mitigation, technological cooperation on the green transition. The Chinese side has been giving a 15-day visa waiver to Norway, which is helpful for our travelers, business people. So we have been updating and taking stock of our bilateral trade relations," said Store.

As a non-EU member state, Norway is currently one of the countries with the highest proportion of new energy vehicle sales in Europe. Store highlighted that NEV is another cooperation focus between the two countries.

"We will aim for carbon neutrality by 2050. We will cut our emissions by 55 percent by 2030 together with the European Union. Now since China is leading on many of these technologies, I believe you know we need to cooperate on them. I know that China is making major steps on electric vehicles. New sales of cars in Norway have 90 percent of electric vehicles," said Store.

China has been leading the way in developing wind energy, both onshore and offshore. The Norwegian PM disclosed that cooperation with China in next phase includes transition from oil and gas to renewable energy, and the two countries will step up alignment of each other's carbon emission reduction plans.

"As we electrify and move away from coal, oil and gas, we need new sources of electricity, because we need more electricity for a growing economy and for a growing world population. And that's why I think Norway and China can work together on some of these renewables," said Store.

During Store's visit, the two countries issued a joint statement on the establishment of Dialog on the Green Transition, and witnessed the signing of bilateral cooperation documents on green and low-carbon development.

Historical museum receives donation of documents recording Japan’s invasion of China

2024-09-18 16:44 Last Updated At：17:07

The 9.18 Historical Museum in Shenyang, capital city of northeast China's Liaoning Province, has received 14 pictorial documents recording Japan's invasion of China from a private donor ahead of the 93rd anniversary of the September 18 Incident which marked the start of the invasion.

These precious documents, donated by collector Zhan Hongge, provide new evidence for studying the history of the September 18 Incident in 1931 and the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1931-1945).

The pictorials were published by the Japanese militarists from 1932 to 1942, recording the September 18 Incident, their invasion of northeast China, the establishment of the puppet state Manchukuo, and their invasion of Beijing, Nanjing, Wuhan and Chongqing.

"These historical documents play a better role in the museum. They can educate the younger generations, particularly the youth, to gain a deeper understanding of the history. We should not forget national humiliation and cherish peace," Zhan said.

Most of the photos published on the documents were taken by Japanese military correspondents or professional reporters in the frontline battlefields and Japanese-occupied areas to report on the war situation in various places.

"Today, more than 90 years later, these historical documents have become irrefutable evidence of Japan's invasion of China and a crucial part of the historical materials on the war. They reveal the historical truth and the whole process of Japan's planning of the September 18 Incident and the July 7 Incident and their large-scale armed invasion of China," said Fan Lihong, curator of the museum.

On September 18, 1931, Japanese troops blew up a section of railway under their control near Shenyang and accused Chinese troops of sabotage as a pretext for the attack. Later that night, they bombarded barracks near Shenyang.

The resistance efforts of the Chinese people after the September 18 Incident signaled the beginning of the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.