State visit to China 14-15 January 2019

President Niinistö met with Mr Zhao Huan, Chairman of the China Development Bank in Beijing. Photo: Matti Porre/Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

President Niinistö met with Mr Zhao Huan, Chairman of the China Development Bank in Beijing. Photo: Matti Porre/Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

President Niinistö delivered the keynote speech at the Cooling our Planet seminar in Beijing. Photo: Matti Porre/Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

President Cooling our Planet seminar in Beijing. Photo: Matti Porre/Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

President Niinistö, Minister of Ecology and Environment of China Li Ganjie and Professor Markku Kulmala met at the sidelines of the Cooling our Planet seminar. Photo: Matti Porre/Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

President Niinistö together with President of China Xi Jinping. Photo: Matti Porre/Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

President of China Xi Jinping and Mrs Peng Liyuan welcomed President Niinistö and Mrs Jenni Haukio to Beijing. Photo: Matti Porre/Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

Official welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People. Photo: Matti Porre/Office of the President of the Republic

Children greeting the presidents at the official welcoming ceremonies. Photo: Matti Porre/Office of the President of the Republic

Official discussions at the Great Hall of the People. Photo: Matti Porre/Office of the President of the Republic

Official discussions between the presidents at the Great Hall of the People. Photo: Matti Porre/Office of the Republic of Finland

Official discussions between the presidents at the Great Hall of the People. Photo: Matti Porre/Office of the Republic of Finland

President Niinistö and President Xi at the launching event of the China–Finland Year of Winter Sports. Photo: Matti Porre/Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

President Niinistö holding a speech at the the launching event of the China–Finland Year of Winter Sports. Photo: Matti Porre/Office of the President of the Republic

President Xi at the launching event of the China–Finland Year of Winter Sports. Photo: Matti Porre/Office of the President of the Republic

Presidents at the launching event of the China–Finland Year of Winter Sports. Photo: Matti Porre/Office of the President of the Republic

President Niinistö and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang discussed especially economic relations between Finland and China and clean-tech during their meeting. Photo: Matti Porre/Office of the President of Finland

Finnish flags flown in Beijing for the state visit of President Niinistö. Kuva: Matti Porre/Tasavallan presidentin kanslia

President Niinistö met with Mr Li Zhanshu, Chairman of the National People’s Congress of China at the Great Hall of the People. Photo: Matti Porre/Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

President Niinistö met with Mr Li Zhanshu, Chairman of the National People’s Congress of China at the Great Hall of the People. Photo: Matti Porre/Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

Mrs Jenni Haukio and Mrs Peng Liyuan visited a modern, three-story bookstore Page One on Tuesday. Photo: Markku Ulander/Lehtikuva

Mrs Jenni Haukio and Mrs Peng Liyuan visited a modern, three-story bookstore Page One on Tuesday. Photo: Markku Ulander/Lehtikuva

President Niinistö and Mrs Jenni Haukio attended the opening of the China-Finland Year of Winter Sports. Photo: Matti Porre/Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

President Niinistö and Mrs Jenni Haukio attended the opening of the China-Finland Year of Winter Sports. Photo: Matti Porre/Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

President Niinistö and Mrs Jenni Haukio admiring a gold medal from the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki together with Ms Sun Chunlan, Vice-Premier of China. Photo: Matti Porre/Office of the President of the Republic of Finland